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Health
KEEPING THE BEAT
Who knew that drumming is
a good workout for the heart?

Earth
COAL CASE
After another disastrous spill, Americans
are once again wondering how clean coal is.

Physical
CUSTOM FIT
Bike fitters help cyclists get
the most out of their rides.

Life
TOP CROPS
Things are looking up for students
who tend a garden on top of their
California school.

Discoveries
Ask Professor Ossolotch: Should I drink
eight glasses of water a day?
Life is sweet for Australia's honeypot ants.
Stem cell treatment reverses multiple sclerosis.
Humongous prehistoric snake fossil is found.
Did the solar system once have another planet?
Scientist suspect dam triggered China quake.

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Life/Physical
OCEAN MOTION
John Dabiri models engineering projects
on the dynamics of jellyfish.

Earth
HOT JOB
Philip Ong guides visitors carefully over
the lava fields of Hawaii's most
active volcano.

Health
DR. INTERNET
Jay Parkinson employs new communications
gadgets to provide old-time medical care.

Physical
SCIENCE FICTION
Jennifer Ouellette acts as a matchmaker
for Hollywood and the scientific community.

Discoveries
Are methane bursts on Mars signs of life?
Ask Prof. O: Why is cancer of the pancreas so deadly?
Monkey makes mischief with photographer
Father channels grief into life-saving invention.
Spookfish has "deep see" vision.
New energy generation process mimics plants.

Life
BLOOD THIRST
A U.S. biologist explores the spooky
world of blood-feeding creatures.

Physical
IN LIVING COLOR
A German archaeologist is restoring
the lost color of ancient sculptures
to his replicas.

Earth
PHANTOM MENACE?
Is there any substance to the theory
that Earth's atmosphere is being
deliberately polluted?

Health
GOING THE DISTANCE
What's extending the life spans of
cystic fibrosis patients?

Discoveries
Is ice erupting from volcanoes on a giant moon?
A German car shifts shape.
Was Oliver Twist a thankless urchin?
Jennifer Aniston nerve cells are found in brains.
New loudspeakers are as thin as paper.
Pink iguanas dwell on a Galapagos Island.

Life
TUSK, TUSK
The toothy Arctic dwellers are losing
their frozen habitat.

Health
PLASTIC RAP
Is a popular plastic component dangerous
to human health? Can it be avoided?

Earth
POP ROCKS
Steam explosions are blowing holes
in Yellowstone National Park.

Physical
ION FLUX
The Lab Rats debate a U.S. professor's
flying saucer design.

Discoveries
California road makes music.
Did termites undermine New Orleans's levees?
Iris implant gives boy color vision.
Acidic ocean water harming island's mollusks.

Life
THE AMAZING RACE
The sled dogs that run the grueling
Iditarod are biologically fatigue-proof.

Earth
PUR AND SIMPLE
A modest packet of powder is cleansing
polluted drinking water around the world.

Health
FORTUNE TELLING
Claudia Gilmore took a genetic test to
learn her risk of getting sick. Would
you do the same?

Physical
WHO'S THE BOSS?
Sit back, relax, and let your robotic
car do the driving.

Discoveries
Subprime mortgage crisis makes people sick.
Pilot flying alone was struck blind in midair.
New Zealand's penguins prefer forest habitat.
Telescopes take first pictures of exoplanets.
Nightclub runs on energy generated by dancers.
Ask Prof. O: What is the humongous fungus?

Life
ALMOST HUMAN
Who were our closest prehistoric relatives,
and what happened to them?

Earth
PUMPING IRON
Might a plan to dump iron into the world's
oceans slow global warming?

Health
OVEREXPOSED
Are unnecessary medical scans endangering
patients and driving up the cost of health care?

Earth/Physical
DOUBLE VISION
Two new telescopes promise to expose more
secrets of the universe.

Discoveries
Is Homer's The Odyssey an astronomy text?
Scotch tape X-rays human finger.
New snow ski is two skis in one.
Disco tune gets the heart pumping.
Ask Prof. O: Is it true that honeybees dance?
Mobile home moves on its own.

Earth
HERE COME THE SUNS
Would living on a planet with
two suns be all right?

Physical
FOR THE RECORD
The vinyl record is getting
its groove back.

Life
ROBOBIRD
A mechanical bird eavesdrops on
the amazing mating habits of the
greater sage grouse.

Health
INNER VISION
Improved self-awareness has helped writer
Joshua Kors avoid epileptic seizures.

Discoveries
Man assaults shark to save pet dog.
Tiny suction cups give squid holding power.
Teen invents electric unicycle.
Cosmic Eye is peering at Earth.
AIDS virus is revealed to be 100 years old.
Chinese monkeys are rescued from extinction.

Physical
THE FIFTH STROKE
Has the dolphin kick made this
a banner year in swimming?

Health
DEEP HEAT
A cancer patient has invented a
tumor cooker in his garage.

Earth
EARTH TONES
An Alaska composer enlists earthquakes
and the northern lights to make
beautiful music.

Life
WOOF, WOOF!
McScruffy debates dog cloning with the kids
in the latest Lab Rats comic.

Discoveries
Wolffish is in danger of dying out.
Galaxies are streaming toward the edge of the cosmos.
Rubber ducks take plunge in a glacier study.
Tsunami washed giant coral boulder onto land.
Teen tops 7 feet in height.

Life Science
HIGH LIFE
Botanist Steve Sillett explores
a treetop world never seen before

Physical
HOT SHOTS
For scientists, hockey is
a physical sport.

Earth
COLD BLAST
A volcanic eruption altered the course
of history in a distant country.

Health
BUG BITES
It's crunch time for U.S. insect lovers.

Discoveries
Woman raises Asian tigers in South Africa.
Inventor gives wind turbines a new spin.
Hurricanes have grown stronger.
Mammal glides through Indonesian forests.
Woman's collapses are a laughing matter.
Ask Prof. O: What are stem cells?

Health
WAR TORN
U.S. veterans are struggling to put
Iraq and Afghanistan behind them.

Life
WRONGS & RIGHTS
Should the United States follow Spain's
example and give legal protection to apes?

Earth
WHAT LIES BENEATH
Does a climate catastrophe lurk
in the Arctic ground?

Physical
HYPER ACTIVE
Wayne Gerdes pushes fuel economy to the limit.

Discoveries
Particle physics rap is a YouTube hit.
Fishy fake-out fails to fool teens.
Polluted lake turns Chinese green.
Prehistoric poop tells a new tale.
Farmers answer cattle call for mini moos.
Australian teen is allergic to water.

Health
HARD ROLL
Injuries are rising as freestyle
motocross becomes more dangerous.

Life
OUR GERMS, OURSELVES
A microscopic look at
the human ecosystem

Earth
MODEL BEHAVIOR
A huge indoor pool helps scientists
safely study the destructive effects of tsunamis.

Life/Physical
STARSTRUCK
Where did the carbon, the oxygen, and all the
other elements in your body come from?

Discoveries
Large population of gorillas found in Congo.
Saturn and Jupiter contain liquid metals.
Secret of invisibility is uncloaked.
Pill builds muscle without exercise.
Invader is preying on Caribbean fish.
Jet pack takes off at aerospace show.

Earth/Life
JAGGED EDGE
The tsingy regions of Madagascar
are as sharp and dangerous as
a porcupine.

Physical
SIX FEET UNDER
With new technology, Elizabeth
Wilson-Agin peers underground
to find unmarked graves.

Life
WHITE BLIGHT
Biologists are baffled by a fungal
infection linked to thousands of
dead bats in the Northeast.

Health
PERSONAL MISSION
When student Josh Sommer developed
a rare cancer, he founded a research
project to cure it.

Discoveries
Tiny doctor fish relieve foots problems.
Jupiter is changing its spots.
Heart pump keeps boy alive.
Natural landmark collapses in Utah park.
Four-year eruption ends on Mount St. Helens.
Ask Prof. O: What is a plug-in hybrid?
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Physical
HARD EVIDENCE
Was the Great Pyramid made from
poured concrete instead of stone?

Health
KYLE EB
A Kansas teen hopes to receive a
stem-cell transplant that might
save his life.

Life
THE SWARM
"Crazy" ants are driving Texans crazy.

Earth
TURN OF EVENTS
Why has 2008 been a record tornado year?

Discoveries
Did giant flying reptiles prey on dinosaurs?
Underwater eruptions disturb the Arctic Ocean.
Monkeys exert mind control over robotic arms.
Middle Eastern skyscraper will shift shape.
Man's immune system cures his skin cancer.
Striped iceberg in photo looks like candy.

Health
HEART SICK
Young gorillas in U.S. zoos
are dying of cardiac disease.

Life
HEARING NEMO
They don't talk and they don't sing,
but oh, what a ruckus the world's
fish are making!

Earth
GOOD VIBRATIONS
Have geoscientists at last invented
an effective early-warning
system for earthquakes?

Physical
THE AIR DOWN THERE
A proposed plant for Iowa would
store wind power underground
for later use.

Discoveries
Astronomers now call Pluto a plutoid.
Doctors know what didn't kill Napoleon.
Giant alien mice are terrorizing an island.
Drilling set off mud volcano disaster.
Students invent easy-to-build solar collector.
Strange fish discovered near Indonesia.

Physical
EAR ACHE
Records labels are cranking up
the sound of music to
earsplitting levels.

Earth
WHAT A DUMP
The world's biggest trash heap
is stewing in the Pacific Ocean.

Life
HELLO KITTY!
When Thompson the house cat gets
into trouble, his wild Middle Eastern
roots are showing.

Health
MIRACLE GROW
New medical technologies are enabling
people to regenerate body parts.

Discoveries
Cooking oil thieves strike U.S. restaurants.
Greenland lake disappears in a day.
Ask Prof. O: Do cell phones cause cancer?
X-Frog has switchblade claws.
Mysterious flashes on the moon identified.
Bike equipped with jet engine blasts off.

Earth
GOT WATER?
To cope with drought, Westerners
are drinking recycled sewage.

Health
TWO AGAINST ONE
Two new therapies promise to slow
the development of and even
prevent type 1 diabetes.

Life
RED ALERT
The gray squirrel from North
America is crowding out Great
Britain's native red squirrel.

Physical
SUPER POWER
Introducing Current Science's new comic,
Lab Rats. In this issue, Jane explains
how the Super Soaker is being adapted
to create solar cells.

Discoveries
A huge sinkhole is swallowing a Texas town.
The Internet is out. The grid is in.
A flying fish sets an aerial record in Japan.
Gray whales are making an awful stink.
Gene therapy helps restore a man's eyesight.