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  1. Seabird makes citrusy bug repellant

    Auklet feathers carry a cocktail of citrus-smelling chemicals, including compounds that squashbugs secrete to repel predators.

    By Susan Milius

  2. Geneticists define new elephant species

    A new study of the genetics of African elephants shows that forest dwellers differ so much from those roaming the savannas that the two may be separate species.

    By Susan Milius

  3. Human Cloning

    Did you miss last month’s National Academy of Sciences workshop on scientific and medical aspects of human cloning? You can listen to the recorded presentations via RealPlayer (use the links at Workshop Agenda) and view the accompanying slides (see Speaker Presentations). Go to: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/COSEPUP/Workshop_Agenda.html –updated 8/26/03–VM.

    By Science News

  4. From the September 5, 1931, issue

    SEEING EYE TO EYE WITH A WHITE WASP The medieval Japanese, who sometimes closed up the fronts of their helmets with ferocious metal masks painted with vivid war paint, knew the right psychology for hand-to-hand encounters.