THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE OF SCIENCE
SCIENCE
NEWS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 VOL. 170, NO. 14
218
Features
216 Chemical Enlightenment
Line up for the scientific,
psychedelic mystical tour
by Bruce Bower
218 Good Gone Wild
Sometimes, ecotourism hurts
what it sets out to help
by Eric Jaffe
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Of Note
211 A usually ultracold, odd
state forms when warm
by Peter Weiss
221
211 Immune systems harmed
1918 flu patients
by Christen Brownlee
Muscling up colors
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Insecticide gets help
from gut bacteria
Mother deer can’t ID
their fawns by call
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212 Montessori school shows
impact on poor children
by Bruce Bower
Meetings
222
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213 Microbes may produce
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by Julie Rehmeyer
Rice-straw sweaters
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213 Upper ocean has cooled
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223 Letters
214 Parasitic vine grows
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Cover The Humboldt penguins that
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Chile attract 10,000 visitors each year.
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