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Articles in March 18, 2000 issue of Science News

• Soft crystal shows off its many new facets - Brief Article
  by P. Weiss
• Chocolate Hearts - research indicates chocolate contains antioxidants called flavonoids that reduce risk of cardiovascular disease
  by Janet Raloff
• Olfactory cells aid spine healing in rats - Brief Article
  by N. Seppa
• What's learning to a grasshopper? - Brief Article
  by S.M.
• Power cells find uses for fossil fuel - Brief Article
  by C. Wu
• Over there! Eat them instead! - research on golden egg bug behavior - Brief Article
  by S.M.
• Message in DNA tops Science Talent Search - Brief Article
  by J. Travis
• Bacteria make locust-swarm signal - research indicates bacteria in locust gut are source of pheromone guaiacol - Brief Article
  by S.M.
• Tree pollination needs male-only rot - chempedak fruit tree - Brief Article
  by S. Milius
• Wash that mouth out with bacteria! - research on developing genetically altered version of microbe that causes tooth decay - Brief Article
  by J.T.
• Letters
• Cocoa yields are mushrooming—downward - fungus used to fight fungus pests that atack Brazil's cacao crops - Brief Article
  by J.R.
• Photon-in-a-box slings atom into orbit - Brief Article
  by P.W.
• Spacecraft sounds out the sun's hidden half - Michelson Doppler Imager on Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft - Brief Article
  by R. Cowen
• Undersea volcano: Heard but not seen - Brief Article
  by T.H.
• Plants seen as unpredictable carbon sponge - Brief Article
  by J. Raloff
• Ice age forest spruces up ecology record - Brief Article
  by T.H.