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Finding the Golden Genes: Advances in gene therapy could tempt some athletes to enhance their genetic makeup, leading some researchers to work on detection methods just in case
Insightful Light: Raman spectroscopy may offer doctors, dentists and forensic scientists a better tool for molecular detection
Decoding the Quantum Mystery: Signals from space to Earth could establish the reality of Einstein's worst fear
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Science & the Public: Fish Houses

Tanked half-way houses allow people and fish to get acquainted on their own terms — and exhibit their individual personalities.
Found in: Biology, Ecology, Environment, Life and Science & Society
Tracing Tahitian vanilla

The discovery of Tahitian vanilla’s heritage could set off a custody battle between nations.
Found in: Agriculture, Anthropology, Botany, Ecology and Genes & Cells
Young tasmanian devil moms

Tasmanian devils have started mating much earlier in response to an epidemic, called facial tumor disease, that is wiping out much of their population.
Found in: Biology, Ecology, Life and Zoology
Not-OK Coral

First big species audit finds coral extinction risks severely under-reported
Found in: Ecology, Environment, Life and Zoology
Science & the Public: Aspiring to Save the Planet

The failure of the G-8 Summit to put some teeth in greenhouse-gas limits suggests it may be time for a global climate czar.
Found in: Agriculture, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment and Science & Society
Science & the Public: Climate Threatens Living Fossil

Thanks to global warming, within the lifetimes of certain reptiles in the South Pacific, all members of their species could be born male.
Found in: Biology, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment and Science & Society
Mighty mites

Mites that were thought to be parasites to their host wasps turn out to be bodyguards, attacking intruders.
Found in: Biology, Ecology and Zoology
Live fast, die young

With a lifespan of just five months, the chameleon Furcifer labordi leads a briefer life than any other land-dwelling vertebrate.
Found in: Biology, Ecology, Environment, Life and Zoology
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Science & the Public By Janet Raloff Jul 24th 2008

Columns:

Math Trek By Julie Rehmeyer
The swim center for the Olympics, which looks like it formed out of froth, was designed using the mathematics of foam. Jul 19th 2008

Comment By Guest Columnists
From the August 2, 2008 issue of Science News Jul 18th 2008

SN Bookshelf:

Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology
edited by Oren Harman and Michael R. Dietrich, Yale Univ. Press, 2008, 416 p., $40.
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