Current Science 2005-2006 Index The first number indicates the issue; the second number indicates the first page of the article in which the term is found. ABIOGENESIS, 10:8 biodiversity, 8:6 deforestation, 10:13 addiction, 4:10 biofuel, 7:7 Delaware Canal, 15:12 African mammal, 8:6 biomechanics, 2:10 Demkina, Natasha, 5:6 airship, 6:6 bird, call, 7:4; cross-stitching, 13:3; dentist, animal, 9:10 Akinwande, Ebbie, 15:12 flu, 10:4; singing, 7:4 deoxyribonucleic acid, 1:8, 6:11, 9:6 alarm clock, 8:13 bite force, 5:13 desertification, 12:8 Alaska, 9:8 bivalve, 4:8 devil facial tumor disease, 6:4 alien, 10:8 blimp, 6:6 diabetes, 12:12, 16:8 allele, 13:4 blood vessel implant, 11:15 Dinoire, Isabelle, 14:8 Alliance to Save Energy, 14:10 body armor, 11:10 dinosaur, 2:6 alternative medicine, 5:14 Bowers, Michael, 9:14 Dirichlet problem, 15:15 Alzheimer’s disease, 12:12 brake, regenerative, 10:6 dirigible, 6:6 ambergris, 14:3 Brazil, 10:13 disease, detection, 5:6; amphibian, 2:13 Buehler, John, 3:10 transmissibility, 10:4 amputee, 11:10 Burke, Barbara, 15:10 Doctors Without Borders, 2:8, 15:10 Anderson, Nick, 13:10 business card collection, 2:14 dog, cares for squirrel, 8:12; clinically Andes, 14:12 dead, 2:15; detects cancer, 14:13; Andrade, Maydianne, 15:6 CANCER, DETECTION OF, eats boy’s nose, 12:3; receives animal, behavior, 11:6; dentist, 9:10; 14:13; stem-cell transplant, 5:10; tool use, 8:15 in Tasmanian devils, 6:4; world’s ugliest, 5:3 anthrax, 15:14 treatment of, 5:10 dolphin, 1:13 antibacterial soap, 9:15 car, brakes, 10:6; concept, 5:12; drug addiction, 4:10 antiviral drug, 10:4 hybrid, 10:6; wash, 1:3 dung, 1:8 Archimedes, 10:12 careers in science issue, 15 dust, origin of, 10:14; storm, 12:8 Arctic ice cap, 9:8 cat, 3:13 arsenic, 4:14 catastrophic mortality, 6:4 EAR, 8:8, 11:15 artificial, intelligence, 9:14, 13:15; catfish, 1:3 Earth, inner core, 5:14; young, 11:8 limb, 11:10; sensory experience, 1:14 center of gravity, 15:8, 16:4 earthquake, 2:6, 5:14, 8:10, 9:12, astronomy, 15:13 Chemical Galaxy, 3:12 10:10, 12:12, 15:10 Athens, Greece, 1:6, 13:15 chicken, 2:3 earthworm, 12:13 athlete, 1:4 childhood vaccine, 6:11 “earworm,” 7:14 attention deficit hyperactivity chimpanzee sanctuary, 11:6 eflornithine, 2:8 disorder, 8:14 cholera, 6:13, 15:10 Einstein-Rosen bridge, 11:14 Australian outback, 1:10 climate change, 2:6, 9:8 elastic potential energy, 16:4 autism, 6:8, 11 Clocky, 8:13 electricity, 1:10; 5:8, 13; 6:15; Auto-Tune, 7:10 cockroach, 14:13 7:6; 14:10 avian flu, 10:4 Colting, Hokan, 6:6 electric motor, 10:6 comet, Tempel 1, 1:13 elephant mimicry, 3:3 BAGG, CHRISTIAN, 15:8 computer, 13:6 Ellis, Hattie, 2:4 band, musical, 7:6 conservation, wildlife, 15:12 emergency room visit, 13:14 baryonic matter, 14:14 coprolite, 1:8 energy, conservation, 14:10; baseball pitcher, 2:10 cosmic radiation, 8:4 dark, 11:14; phantom, 11:14; bat, vampire, 10:13 cosmic ray, 5:8 renewable, 1:10; sources of, 1:10; battery, urine-powered, 4:15 cross-link, 16:4 solar, 1:10; sun’s, 3:6; wave, 7:10 ‘Bauer, David Vigliarolo, 3:14 crustacean, 16:3 engineer, recording, 7:10 bedbug, 12:4 crystals, 9:14 engineering, 4:6 bee, 2:4, 8:3 cultural behavior, 1:13, 11:6, 14:14 evolution, 1:8, 9:6 Beijing, China, 12:8 current, ocean, 16:10 excited delirium, 12:10 Bend, Ore., 6:12 extinction, 1:8, 2:6, 8:6 Bezdek, Daniel, 1:14 DARPA GRAND bicyclist, fastest, 8:13 CHALLENGE, 9:14 FACE TRANSPLANT, 14:8 big bang, 10:13, 11:14 Deep Impact, 1:13 fission, 3:6 Current Science 2005-2006 Index (continued from page 5) Fleisher, Leon, 7:15 invasive species, 9:13 music issue, 7 flight, 12:6 iPod, 8:8 musical obsession, 7:14 Flybar 1200, 16:4 irrigation, 6:14, 11:13 mutation, 9:6 focal dystonia, 7:15 fuel cell, hydrogen, 7:6 JELLYFISH, 13:12 NANDA, GAURI, 8:13 fusion, 3:6, 5:4 nanotechnology, 3:14, 7:14, 12:15 KAKALIOS, JAMES, 11:4 National Young Astronomer Awards, GALAPAGOS TORTOISE, Karim, Safura Abdool, 2:13 15:13 10:3 keyboard instrument, 7:15 natural selection, 9:6 garage door, 2:14 Kids for World Health, 2:8 nerve transplant, 13:10 Garbowit, Benjamin, 6:8 killer whale, 14:14 neutronium, 3:12 genetics, 1:8, 3:10, 6:11, 9:6, 13:4 kinetic energy, 10:6, 16:4 New Orleans, 4:4 geometry problem, 1:14 Kroodsma, Don, 7:4 Newton’s third law of motion, 11:4 George III, King, 4:14 Kuiper belt object, 3:14 1984, 10:15 Gippsland earthworm, 12:13 Nomura’s jellyfish, 13:12 Girls on Ice, 15:4 LEVEE, 4:4 nose reattachment, 12:3 glacier, 2:12, 15:4 light-emitting diode, 9:14 nuclear reaction, 3:6, 5:4 global warming, 2:12, 4:15, 9:8, 14:4 lightning, 5:8 number puzzle, 5:12 Gloria Barron Prize for Limbach, Christopher, 15:13 Young Heroes, 11:13, 15:12 lion, 11:3 OBESITY, 16:8 Gobi desert, 12:8 liquefaction, 10:10 ocean, temperature, 4:4; vent, 13:8, grasshopper, 6:14 lizard, 9:6 16:3 grassland, 8:6 Lo, Leyan, 13:13 octopus, 3:4 Graves, Milford, 7:8 lobster, 3:3 orca, 14:14 gravitational microlensing, 13:14 Loma Prieta earthquake, 10:10 organ, cave, 7:13 Green Great Wall, 12:8 lung disease, 10:15 Orwell, George, 10:15 Green Schools Program, 14:10 Luray Caverns, 7:13 oxygenation, 4:8 Gruenbaum, Leon, 7:15 Gulf of Mexico, 4:4 MAGMA, 6:12 PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE, Gulf Stream, 9:8 magnetic field, 3:8, 11:4 9:12, 15:10 gypsum, 9:6 Makisumi, Shotaro, 13:13 paleoaltimetry, 14:12 mammal, 8:6 pandemic, 10:4 HAIRWORM, 6:14 marathon, 1:6 panspermia, 10:8 hamster power, 6:15 Mars, 6:13, 10:8 Patiokings, 7:7 happiness, 12:15 marsupial, 5:13, 6:4 periodic table, 3:12 hearing loss, 8:8, 11:15 math problem, 1:14 Pettit, Erin, 15:4 heart, sound, 7:8; spasm, 12:10 matter, dark, 14:14 pheromone, 10:14, 12:4 helium, 5:4, 6:6 McCurdy, Ross, 7:6 Phipps Morgan, Jason, 2:6 helmet, motorcycle, 4:14 megafauna, 8:6 photovoltaic cell, 14:11 homeopathy, 5:14 Mercury, 3:8 Physics of Superheroes, The, 11:4 honeybee, 8:3 methamphetamine, 4:10 pianist, 7:15 Hurricane Katrina, 4:4 methane, 4:15 Pickens, Tim, 13:12 hydrothermal vent, 13:8 microgravity, 8:4 Pickering, Chase, 15:12 Hyperion, 9:15 mimicry, 3:3, 4 pig, bioengineered, 13:3 Mims, Sarah, 10:14 “pinosaur,” 9:13 ICE, CAP, 9:8; mirror, 10:12 pitch, baseball, 2:10; musical, 7:10 on Mars, 6:13; quality, 15:14; modular design, 15:8 plague, 13:15 sheet, 15:4 moon, 8:4; phases of, 1:6 planet, new, 3:14, 13:14 Ice Age megafauna, 8:6 Mosquito sound device, 11:15 planting method, 11:13 Ig Nobel Prize, 8:13 motorcycle accident, 4:14 plate tectonics, 3:8, 8:10, 9:12, immune system, 1:12, 14:8 mouse, singing, 10:14 10:10, 14:12 insulin, 12:12 movie, 3-D, 9:4 “PlayStation thumb,” 2:13 Intel Science Talent Search, 3:14 MP3 player, 8:8 pogo stick, 16:4 internal combustion engine, 10:6 muggle, 13:4 Poinar, Hendrik, 1:8 6 Current Science 2005-2006 Index | (continued from page 6) polar bear. 9:8 sensory experience, 1:14 tool use, 1:13, 8:15 pollution, 15:12 serpentinization, 13:8 tooth, care of, 9:10; woodchuck, 11:14 Popular Mechanics Young Achiever ship, 10:12 tortoise, 10:3 Award, 10:14 Siberia, 4:15 transverse planting, 11:13 positive feedback loop, 9:8 Siemens Westinghouse Competition tree, prehistoric, 9:13 Potter, Harry, 13:4, 14 in Math, Science, and Technology, triplets, 3:13 pregnancy, extrauterine, 8:14 15:15 tsetse fly, 2:8 prosthetic, 11:10 ski resort, 2:12; indoor, 12:14 tsunami, 8:10 Protium, 7:6 skin condition, 3:10 turbine, 1:10, 6:15 Prudential Spirit of the Community skyscraper, 12:12 typhoid fever, 13:15 Awards, 11:13 sleeping sickness, 2:8 psychic, 4:3, 5:6 soap, 9:15 ULTRASOUND, 1:14 pterosaur replica, 12:6 soda pop, 16:8 underconnectivity theory, 6:8 Punnett square, 13:4 soil test, 15:12 undertow, 16:10 solar, power, 1:10, 14:10; underwater noise, 14:6 QUANTUM DOT, 3:14, system, 1:13, 3:14, 10:8, 11:8 universe, 11:14 9:14 sonar, 14:6 U.S. Navy, 14:6 quicksand, 8:12 sound, 8:8; wave, 7:10, 14:6 space, 11:14; exploration, 8:4, 14:4 VAMPIRE BAT, 10:13 RABIES, 10:13 spider, 15:6 ventricular fibrillation, 12:10 radioactive decay, 5:4 spinal cord injury, 15:8 Venus, 14:4 radio wave, 2:14 sports injury, 1:4 ““Verneshot,” 2:6 rain forest, 10:13 squirrel, 8:12 virus, HSN1, 10:4 rat, 9:13 star, binary, 15:13; Population III, Viscardi, Michael, 15:15 REAL D, 9:4 10:13 volcanic activity, 2:6, 6:12, 13:8 regenerative braking, 10:6 starling, 1:3 repetitive stress injury, 2:13 stem-cell transplant, 5:10 WART, 1:12 residual limb, 11:10 Stockholm Junior Water Prize, 6:14 wasp, 8:3, 14:13 rip current, 16:10 storm surge, 4:4 water, pollution, 4:8; research, 6:14; Roberge, Marc, 15:14 Strattera, 8:14 test, 4:8, 15:12 Roberts, Jasmine, 15:14 Stryker Sorano, 15:8 waveform, 7:10 robot fish, 13:15 stun gun, 12:10 wetland, 4:8 robotic vehicle race, 9:14 Sudoku, 5:12 whale, 14:3, 6, 14 rocket bike, 13:12 sugar, 16:8 wheelchair, 15:8 Roots & Shoots conservation suicide, 8:14 White Sands National Monument, 9:6 program, 15:12 surfing, 2:15 wildlife photography, 15:12 Roundup, 2:13 suspended animation, 2:15 Williams, Lindsey, 11:13 Rube Goldberg Machine Competition, Syracuse, siege of, 10:12 Wilson Bay Initiative, 4:8 4:6 wind power, 5:13 Rubik’s Cube Competition, 13:13 TAIPEI 101, 12:12 wing, 12:6 Taser, 12:10 Wollemi pine, 9:13 SAMCHILLIAN TIP TIP Tasmanian devil, 6:4 woodchuck, 11:14 TIP CHEEEPEEEEE, taste bud, 3:13 woodpecker, ivory-billed, 4:13 7:15 tazarotene, 3:10 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest, 5:3 sand, 9:6 thermoequilibrium, 15:15 worm, 6:14, 12:13 sandboarding, 10:15 thermohaline circulation, 9:8 wormhole, 11:14 sandstorm, 12:8 thimerosal, 6:11 San Francisco, 10:10 three-dimensional movie, 9:4 “YETI CRAB,” 16:3 Saturn’s moons, 9:15, 16:12 tide, 16:10 sea sponge, 1:13 titan arum, 15:3 ZEPPELIN, 6:6 seagull, 14:14 titanium, 11:8, 15:8 zircon, 11:8 seismic wave, 7:10, 8:10, 10:10 toilet water, 15:14 “zombie dog,” 2:15 self-esteem, 12:15 tongue louse, 9:3 zoo dentist, 9:10