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Articles in Oct 22, 1988 issue of Science News

• Ozone hole of 1988: weak and eccentric
  by Janet Raloff
• Meteorites: quick change in a freezer - search for meteorites in Antarctica
  by Jonathan Eberhart
• Cracking the 100-digit factoring barrier
  by Ivars Peterson
• Just don't stick it under your chair - chewing gum helps neutralize acids in dental plaque
  by Rick Weiss
• Finding the evidence in excrement - paleontology
  by Richard Monastersky
• Boom in 'cute' baby dinosaur discoveries
  by Richard Monastersky
• Saving fuel in flight: projects conceived in the oil-poor 1970s now bear fruit
  by Christopher Vaughan
• More specie for endangered species
• MIT wins first American solar car race - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1988 Ad
  by Ingrid Wickelgren
• Antarctic research requires costly cleanup - air and water pollution from McMurdo Station
  by Charles Knox
• Cleaning cavities with a light touch - laser beams in dentistry
  by Rick Weiss
• You can take a fish out of water - research on how fish evolved into amphibians
  by Richard Monastersky
• NAS fossil report: lacking a backbone? - National Academy of Sciences
  by Richard Monastersky
• Sweet defeat for dental caries - gum flavored with xylitol
  by Rick Weiss
• Taking aim at high cholesterol in kids
  by Ingrid Wickelgren
• The world according to National Geographic
• Pesticide bill prompts mixed reviews
• New incarnation for two-cycle engine