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Articles in Jan 14, 1995 issue of Science News

• Chaotic chaos in linked electrical circuits - experimental replicability lost in deterministic systems
  by Ivars Peterson
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  by Ron Cowen
• Agent Orange: linked to birth defects? - parental dioxin exposure linked to nervous system defects in offspring, but not to birth defects, reduced fertility or miscarriage - Brief Article
• Keck goes the distance for faraway galaxy - W.M. Keck Telescope images distant galaxy 8C 1435+63 - Brief Article
  by Ron Cowen
• A new catalyst yields a rubbery plastic - 'oscillating' catalyst produces flexible polypropylene - Brief Article
  by Richard Lipkin
• High-ranking baboons' fertility woes - lifetime reproductive success and social rank unrelated among female baboons - Brief Article
• Republicans talk tough on science - Republican members of the House and Senate plan to cut spending
  by Tina Adler
• HIV's infectious nature - research indicates HIV most infectious during during first two months - Brief Article
  by Kathy A. Fackelmann
• Tea: Chernobyl's lingering legacy - drinking Turkish Cay tea exposed to nuclear fallout increases exposure to cesium - Brief Article
• Quantum bits: assembling a quantum computer - computer based on quantum mechanics
  by Ivars Peterson
• HIV toll: over a billion white cells a day - virus overwhelms CD4 T cells - Brief Article
  by Elizabeth Pennisi
• Lead may foster immune attack on brain
  by Janet Raloff
• Migrants stop mainly on the plains - sandpipers stop more frequently when crossing the great plains than along coastal routes - Brief Article
• Grief sometimes heads down a grievous path - bereavement-related depression distinguished from complicated grief
  by Bruce Bower
• Radon: have its risks been overplayed? - research finds no link between indoor radon exposure and lung cancer - Brief Article
• Enzyme marks the start of labor - MMP-9 enzyme involved in rupture of amniotic sac - Brief Article