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Articles in August 25, 1990 issue of Science News

• Magellan: sharp images, startling silences - Venus-orbiting space probe
  by Jonathan Eberhart
• Aerosols: critical questions for climate
  by Richard Monastersky
• Accelerated rise in CO - subscript 2 - atmospheric carbon dioxide
• When life got hard: animal skeletons emerged abruptly. Why the big hurry?
  by William Stolzenburg
• Survey to chart Himalaya quake risk
• Gleaning meaning from ailing mice: bedridden lab animals reveal details about human diseases - includes article about mouse DNA sequence research
  by Rick Weiss
• Depressive aftermath for new mothers - postpartum depression
  by Bruce Bower
• Subliminal deceptions - effectiveness of audio tapes with alleged subliminal messages
  by Bruce Bower
• Climatic queries from Swedish trees - tree-ring records and climatic history
• Hormone-boosted milk passes FDA review - Food and Drug Administration
  by William Stolzenburg
• Solutions to crystal-growth mysteries
  by Ivan Amato
• Schizophrenia, depression share brain clue
  by Bruce Bower
• Quantum swirls in superfluid helium
  by Ivars Peterson
• 'Trans' fats: worse than saturated? - health effects of unsaturated fats
• Even low-fat diets pose fat-linked risk - breast cancer
• Elements employed to trace smuggled tusks
  by Rick Weiss
• 1990 Ad
  by Ivars Peterson
• Doubt cast on biology of giftedness
  by Bruce Bower