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Articles in August 4, 2007, issue of Science News

• New clues: gene variations may contribute to MS risk
  by N. Seppa
• The Social Atom: Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You
• Red-ape stroll: orangutans step into the evolutionary fray over how we became upright
  by Bruce Bower
• Here comes the sun
  by Peter A. Kaczowka
• Signs of life? Organisms' effects on terrain aren't all that easy to perceive
  by Sid Perkins
• Slick death: oil-spill treatment kills coral
  by C. Barry
• Statin reduces dementia risk
• Waking up: brain stimulator spurs dramatic improvement years after injury
  by B. Vastag
• Shedding light on the precursor to a supernova
• TB medication offers pain relief
• Asian Forecast: hazy, warmer: clouds of pollution heat lower atmosphere
  by S. Perkins
• Dinosaurs' gradual rise to dominance
• Light reaches deep in southeastern Pacific
• G whiz! Craft identifies source of faint saturnian ring
  by R. Cowen
• More math helps young scientists
• Einstein: A Biography
• Fatherless stem cells: scientific fraud involved an accidental advance
  by P. Barry
• Poincare's Prize: The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles
• Gecko adhesive gets added mussel
• Soot sense: test tallies exposure to diesel pollution
  by A. Goho
• Metal spews from tires and brake pads
• Breathing Space: How Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscapes
• Crinkle wrinkle
  by D. Castelvecchi
• Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease