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Articles in Oct 24, 1992 issue of Science News

• Mathematics of laundry unveiled - vertical air flow dries laundry from top to bottom - Brief Article
• Astronomers find abundant nitrogen on Pluto - sensitive spectrometer detects large amounts of molecular nitrogen on frozen surface of planet - Brief Article
  by Ron Cowen
• Neptune's weather - planet may have increasing atmospheric outbursts - Brief Article
• No room to hang out? Try microwaves - new microwave appliance may dry laundry efficiently and without weakening fabrics - Brief Article
• Putting a handle on a minimal helicoid - new minimal surface expands known number of minimal surfaces - Brief Article
• Pinatubo deepens the Antarctic ozone hole
  by Richard Monastersky
• Brushing the dust off ancient DNA; genetic relics reveal hidden details of prehistoric life - includes related article on dinosaur DNA
  by Kathryn Hoppe
• Agriculture: African origins may go south - evidence near Sahara Desert suggests pre-historic culture - Brief Article
  by Bruce Bower
• Big fullerene clusters form an onion shape - carbon-atom rearrangements move about and break into concentric spheres - Brief Article
  by Elizabeth Pennisi
• Tests flunk, study find - typical school science tests emphasize rote and routine formula application rather than problem-solving and reasoning - Brief Article
• 1992 Ad
  by Ivars Peterson
• Asteroids and meteorites: a new link - 4 Vesta asteroid may be parents of basaltic achondrites group of meteorites - Brief Article
• Dietary fat: no link to breast cancer
  by Kathy A. Fackelmann
• Threat perceived from emerging microbes - stockpiles of drugs and vaccines may be needed for emergence of multiples of bacterial infections - Brief Article
  by Carol Ezzell
• A star in the greenhouse; can the sun dampen the predicted global warming? - use of solar observation in research
  by Richard Monastersky