Science News Challenge

Every word required for this puzzle appeared in a Science News article during 2003.

If you need a hint, check the print article by going to the volume and page number listed after each clue or find the online version of the article by clicking on the link. An asterisk indicates that the article is available free to all visitors to Science News Online. Subscribers who have registered and signed in have access to all the articles.

Across

2. Water repelling (163: 356*)

8. Smog generator (163: 166*)

9. Sound rebound (163: 252)

11. Arctic terrain computer model (163: 314*)

13. Einstein’s domain (163: 190)

14. Higher-dimensional orb (163: 378*)

16. Toxic flame retardant slated for phaseout (164: 266*)

17. Sperm producers (163: 334)

18. Frictionless flow (164: 262)

19. Circuitry exploiting electron spins (163: 118)

23. Sticky stuff (163: 356*)

25. Result of thinning hair (163: 403)

27. Ocean predators (163: 68*)

29. Waxy rocket fuel (163: 187*)

30. Skilled stone workers (163: 235)

33. Congo virus (164: 83*)

34. Resp. infection from China (163: 198)

35. No backbone but a great navigator (163: 4)

36. Radioactive elements (164: 265)

37. Bottom-feeding fish (163: 132)

Down

1. Literally, ear stones (163: 333)

3. High blood pressure (163: 19)

4. Sugar source (164: 29)

5. Transgene-escape crop (164: 233*)

6. Defenders in blood (164: 54)

7. Aliens running amok in New Orleans (164: 344*)

10. If chilled in youth, dancing suffers (163: 324*)

12. Hairs on gecko’s sticky soles (163: 356*)

15. Breaking waves (164: 198)

20. Five-unit subatomic particle (164: 3*)

21. Detergent target (163: 292)

22. Tree nearly wiped out by fungus (163: 282)

24. Gene-influenced reading disorder (164: 131*)

26. Places for crops (163: 85*)

28. Toxic metal found in poultry (164: 259)

31. Memories rest on it (164: 228*)

32. Bird that may count eggs before they hatch (163: 212)

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