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Articles in August 13, 2005, issue of Science News

• Just for frills? Decoding dinosaurs' cryptic anatomical features
  by Sid Perkins
• Sour taste
  by Susanna Napierala
• Sun struck: data suggest skin cancer epidemic looms
  by J. Raloff
• Nanotube carpet mimics gecko feet
  by Naila Moreira
• Cosmic computing: simulating the universe
  by Ron Cowen
• Study finds low battlefield hazard in depleted uranium
  by Janet Raloff
• Out of the jungle: new lemurs found in Madagascar's forests
  by N. Moreira
• Electronic leap: plastic component may lead to ubiquitous radio tags
  by P. Weiss
• Siccing fungi on malaria: mosquito-killing spores could curb the disease
  by Ben Harder
• The Friar and the Cipher: Roger Bacon and the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the World
• Cosmic soot
  by Ron Cowen
• Paper or Plastic: Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World
• Methane maker: method gets to root of gas from rice paddies
  by S. Perkins
• Three's company: asteroid 87 Sylvia and her two moons
  by R. Cowen
• Guide to Minerals, Rocks & Fossils
• Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human
• New carrier: common tick implicated in spread of fever
  by N. Seppa
• Infants pick up toxic chemicals in intensive care
  by Janet Raloff
• Bay listen
  by Charles B. Warren
• After terror, moms' stress affects kids
  by Bruce Bower
• Feds pull approval of poultry antibiotic
  by Janet Raloff
• Lucy on the loose
  by Nancy Parker
• A slumber not so sweet: loss of brain cells that regulate breathing may cause death during sleep
  by C. Brownlee
• Materials scientists go flat out
  by Peter Weiss
• Like a rock?
  by Dennis Blanchard