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Articles in May 31, 1986, issue of Science News

• Sonar soundings of the Gulf of Mexico: sediment on the move
  by Stefi Weisburd
• Acoustic residues; number theory, the paradigm of pure mathematics, helps change the sound of small rooms and concert halls
  by Ivars Peterson
• Chemical clues to alcohol intoxication
  by B. Bower
• Environmental rules for development aid - protection of natural resources in developing countries
• Herbal medicine: Rx for chimps? - chimpanzees seem to chew leaves for their medicinal value
  by Burce Bower
• Fiber may bind colon carcinogens
• 'Miami Ice' Age site yields rich haul - archaeological site in southern Florida
  by Bruce Bower
• Ghost pulsars in the sky - turbulent electrons in interstellar matter cause multiple refractions of pulsars
  by Dietrick E. Thomsen
• Ammonia power for efficiency - 10 per cent savings possible by using ammonia-water mixture in electric power-plant boilers
  by ivars Peterson
• Racing transistors - world's fastest semiconductor switch
• Oldest nest of household pest - petrified wood containing termite nest
  by Stefi Weisburd
• Interferon helps cells help themselves
  by Julie Ann Miller
• Bridge to freedom - Anatoly Shcharansky released from Soviet Union
• Artificial heart: the debate goes on
• The heart and heredity; unromantic as it may sound, genetics rules the normal, everyday function of the heart
  by Joanne Silberner
• Brain pigment and Parkinson's disease - exposure to MPTP causes brain damage
  by Bruce Bower
• Aflatoxin strikes thirsty peanuts
• Government probes gene-splice test
  by Julie Ann Miller
• The mystery of magnetic doors - magnetic sand discovered in China
• Begin the decline - decline in deaths from heart disease began in Northeast and on West Coast
• Superfund delays
• Cows have conservative hormones - only 35 genes on their genetic map
• Grow, nerves, grow; how can severed nerve cells be encouraged to reestablish functional connections?
  by Julie Ann Miller
• Babies from unconventional places - birth of babies from frozen embryos
• Microsketching an underwater surface - scanning tunneling microscope
  by Ivars Peterson
• TD hazards among the retarded - tardive dyskinesia
• Launch problems spread to DOD - Department of Defense
  by Jonathan Eberhart
• Infant dioxin exposures reported high
  by Janet Raloff
• Quake potential off the San Andreas - San Gregorio-Hosgri fault system
  by Sterfi Weisburd
• Rolling rocks and tumbling dice; studies of tumbling dice may suggest new ways of looking at shifting sand dunes and avalanches
  by Ivars Peterson
• The road to space gets steeper still - Delta rocket explosion
  by Jonathan Eberhart
• Two faces of epilepsy
• Catching a vivid earful of sound - mathematical model of cat's eardrum
  by Ivars Peterson
• On the trail of element 110
• Efficient WIMPs would rescue the sun - weakly interacting massive particles
  by Dietrick E. Thomsen
• Embryonic start-up: mom's influence
  by Julie Ann Miller
• Immunity and crises, large and small - stress linked to depressed immune function
  by Julie Ann Miller
• Mysterious clouds caused by cosmoids?
  by Stefi Weisburd
• Ruling out radwastes sites - second nuclear waste site postponed
• Tune in to noise out - noise in the magnetosphere
  by Stefi Weisburd
• Professors minding their own business - survey of university biotechnology researchers with industry ties
  by Mary Murray
• Stay tuned for Embolism Bowl - blood clot risk linked to marathon television viewing
• Babies sound off: the power of babble
  by Bruce Bower
• Old Baby Doe rule struck down, but …
• Stratospheric ozone: a new policy tone
  by Stefi Weisburd
• Low-calorie allergy - allergic reactions to aspartame
• Waiting for the Poincare proof - mathematics
  by Ivars Peterson
• 1986 Ad
  by Jonathan Eberhart
• Getting into the spirit of ecology - agriculture of Brazil's Indians has spiritual basis
  by Janet Raloff
• Unexpected motif in genes for development
  by J.A. Miller
• Missing: earthquakes in the oceans
• Was a fifth force felt? - hypercharge or baryon number theory
  by Dietrick E. Thomsen
• New rules and term for irradiation - food to contain label that it has been 'picowaved'
• Deep-sea 'test-tube babies.' - sea urchin research
  by Julie Ann Millier
• Pictures of the heart - cine computed tomography imaging procedure
  by Joanne Silberner
• Traces of the oldest meteorite impact?
  by Stefi Weisburd
• Who believes in death by asteroids? - differing international attitudes on mass extinction theory
• Quanta at large: 101 things to do with Schrodinger's cat - quantum mechanics on macroscopic scale
  by Dietrick E. Thomsen
• To cut or not to cut - research on value of carotid endarterectomy
  by Joanne Silberner
• Is the force with lasers? Will lasers be selected for the Strategic Defense Initiative?
  by Dietrick E. Thomsen
• Elephant calls that humans can't hear
• Feuding over funds for cleaner coal
  by Ivars Peterson
• Changing your mind in a hurry - delayed choice experiments in quantum mechanics
  by Dietrick E. Thomsen
• A starry origin for sandy compounds - nova that produces silicates
  by Dietrick E. Thomsen
• Signs of New Zealand monster volcano - erupted 254,000 years ago
• Fixing teeth permanently - new technique for permanent implants developed in Sweden
• The safety of private dams
• Placebo buster - argument against use of placebo controls in psychotherapy research
• Object 50: a stellar quick-change artist
  by Dietrick E. Thomsen
• AIDS protein engineered
• Malaria vaccine tests under way
  by Julie Ann Miller
• Mental skills in the elderly: lost and found
  by Bruce Bower
• Crisis in undergraduate education - science, engineering and math education
• Making blood share more of its oxygen
  by Janet Raloff
• Measuring nicotine in the air …
  by Janet Raloff
• The fructose connection: copper and heart disease
  by Lisa Davis
• Giving hearts extra muscle; sometimes wounded hearts need a little support. Other muscles are being conscripted to help
  by Joanne Silberner
• The 'white overalls' of overconfidence - recent failures of high technology
  by Joel Greenberg
• Beefing up the flavor arsenal - research on flavor enhancers
• Looking into the eye - image analyzer used to measure blood vessel growth in the cornea