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	Issue 11 Fall 2006	Letter From the Editor

21 Foundations of Excellence A real-estate boom is changing Berkeley's scientific landscape by Tracy Powell	25 Where the Wild Things Are UC Berkeley researchers unearth new species by Letty Brown	28 Strung out at Berkeley Physicists ask "What are we made of?" by Meredith Carpenter
33 Flood of Criticism What went wrong during Hurricane Katrina--and how to keep it from happening again by Erica Spotswood	41 Easy Glider What it takes to fly without wings by Adrienne Davich

8 Beyond the Chalkboard Interactive learning may be a cure for ailing test scores 10 Whose Smog Is It, Anyway? Tracking air pollution in one of the world's largest megacities 12 It's All Relative DNA fingerprinting identifies family members—for better and for worse 14 Taking It All In Berkeley researchers study how the brain combines information from multiple senses 16 (Meta)material World A new class of materials promises to give scientists even greater control over Nature 17 Legos of Life Berkeley students compete to build a better bacterium 18 Another One Sights the Dust Searching for specks of cosmic dust from the comfort of home

38 Political Science Berkeley scientists step up to the policy plate by Kayte Fischer	44 Mind the Gap Studies find continued disparity in tenure rates between men and women with familie A Hitchhiker's Guide Fly's Eye View Heart, Two Heart Red Spot, Jr.

17 Quanta Heard on campus 49 Book Review The Shangri-La Diet 51 Who Knew? Quick Facts About Quicksand