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Articles in Oct 4, 1997 issue of Science News

• Feds tackle toxic cell - federal agencies respond to outbreak of Pfiesteria on East Coast - Brief Article
  by Christine Mlot
• Smoke hurts kids' cholesterol status - exposure to secondhand smoke lowers HDL cholesterol in children at risk of heart disease - Brief Article
  by Nathan Seppa
• Deadly bacteria pop up in fruit flies - Wolbachia
  by John Travis
• When mountains deceive - Kauai formed by at least two ancient volcanoes - Brief Article
  by Richard Monastersky
• Mad cow disease, human illness tied - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  by Nathan Seppa
• A flowery toxin reveals its petals - research on bacterium Helicobacter pylori - Brief Article
  by John Travis
• Atoms bounce back to form frigid cloud - research apparatus called gravito-optical surface trap developed to cool cesium atoms - Brief Article
  by Ivars Peterson
• Anti-inflammatory drugs overprescribed - Canadian study results - Brief Article
  by Nathan Seppa
• Satellite views Earth's living plumage - satellite monitor called Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor collects images of marine and land plant life - Brief Article
  by Richard Monastersky
• Hidden virus suspected in diabetes - retrovirus activated by superantigen - Brief Article
  by John Travis
• An alphabet for a letter-perfect protein - protein synthesis research
  by Corinna Wu
• Faster track for ozone layer protection - 100 countries agree to tighter restrictions on chemicals that harm the ozone layer - Brief Article
  by Sid Perkins
• Dying breeds: livestock are developing a largely unrecognized biodiversity crisis - Cover Story
  by Janet Raloff
• Why greenbacks make good 'drug money.' - research on cocaine contamination of dollar bills - Brief Article
  by Janet Raloff
• The big chill: does dust drive Earth's ice ages?
  by Richard Monastersky
• Hubble sizes up a lone neutron star - Hubble Space Telescope observes light from single neutron star - Brief Article
  by Ron Cowen
• Variety reigns in ancient hominid's skull
  by Bruce Bower