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Wired April 24, 2007 Evan Ratliff	The Plague Fighters: Stopping the Next Pandemic Before It Begins Many of the world's most horrifying diseases were caused by animal viruses that made the jump to humans. Now a UCLA scientist thinks he can stop the next pandemic before it even starts.
Wired April 24, 2007 Sally McGrane	The Odor Artist Animals can smell fear. Now you can, too -- on walls, maybe cars.
Science News April 21, 2007 Janet Raloff	Diet for a Noisy Planet Oral doses of a combination of certain antioxidants and magnesium can significantly limit the risk of noise-induced hearing loss, an animal study finds.
Chemistry World April 19, 2007 John Bonner	Storm in a Buttercup Botanists have spent 70 years puzzling over the identity of the chemical agent responsible for initiating the flowering process in plants. That mystery has now been solved by two separate research groups in Germany and Japan.
Reactive Reports Issue 64 David Bradley	Proteins' Web of Intrigue An investigative look into what makes spider silk so strong.
Reactive Reports Issue 64 David Bradley	Stem to Sperm New research shows that stem cells from human bone marrow can be converted into early-stage sperm. The discovery could lead to novel fertility treatments in the long-term.
Reactive Reports Issue 64 David Bradley	Dino Remains We have not quite entered Jurassic Park, but researchers have successfully extracted protein from a 68 million year old Tyrannosaurus rex bone.
Chemistry World April 18, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Beating Nanorods Mimic Lung Defense Hair-like polymer nanorods, which wiggle and bend under magnetic fields, are helping researchers understand how the lung defends itself against invaders. The rods could also provide a new way of mixing fluids in lab-on-a-chip devices.
Reason April 2007 Ronald Bailey	Testing Your Strength The World Anti-Doping Agency is developing tests for a form of cheating that doesn't exist yet. The agency banned gene doping, the alteration of genes to enhance athletic performance.
Science News April 14, 2007 Janet Raloff	Cinnamon and Diabetes--Disease Type Appears to Matter Many teens with type 1 diabetes need help maintaining tight control of their blood sugar. Cinnamon isn't the answer, a new study finds, even though the spice appears to help moderate blood sugar in persons with type 2 diabetes.
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