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Articles in Feb 9, 2008, issue of Science News

• Tots who tote: babies show neural signs of budding number sense
  by Bruce Bower
• Zeus' altar drew early visitors
  by Bruce Bower
• Pot downer: marijuana users risk gum disease
  by Nathan Seppa
• Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres: Deciphering the Ends of DNA
• Spread of nonnative fish mirrors human commerce
  by Patrick Barry
• The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
• Wish list: FY '09 budget proposal ups physical sciences
• The Physics of Nascar: How to Make Steel + Gas + Rubber = Speed
• Faulty fountains of youth: adult stem cells may contribute to aging
  by Patrick Barry
• Native Ferns, Moss, and Grasses
• Dawn of the city: excavations prompt a revolution in thinking about the earliest cities
  by Bruce Bower
• Your Developing Baby: Conception to Birth
• Diabetes drug and conflicts of interest
  by Janet Raloff
• Small, or just invisible?
  by Maureen McAllister
• Growing up to Prozac: drug makes new neurons mature faster
  by Tina Hesman Saey
• Chomping on uranium
  by Davide Castelvecchi
• Defining 'pristine'
  by Lon Crosby
• Finding fault: trace of old subduction zone found in Italy
  by Sid Perkins
• Early dioxin exposure hinders sperm later
  by Rachel Ehrenberg
• Whales drink sounds: hearing may use an ancient path
  by Rachel Ehrenberg
• The Black Death chose its victims selectively
  by Bruce Bower