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Articles in Sept 14, 2002, issue of Science News

• Mouse tests link nicotine to crib death - Smoking Gun?
  by N. Seppa
• Many fish run on empty - Biology - empty stomachs - Brief Article
  by Janet Raloff
• Plane truth - Letters - Letter to the Editor
• In the universe, dwarfs may pop up last - Birth of a Tiny Galaxy
  by R. Cowen
• Cave formations yield seismic clues - Earth Science - in Israel
• Howling good time - Letters - Letter to the Editor
• World Summit delegates wrangle over eco-friendly future - Small Steps - World Summit on Sustainable Development
  by J. Pickrell
• Chinese records show typhoon cycles - Climate - Brief Article
• Fast growth, purity may multiply uses - Better-Built Diamonds - artificial diamonds
  by P. Weiss
• Could the Anasazi have stayed? - Archaeology - Brief Article
• Some journalists feel stress wounds of war - Distressing Dispatches
  by B. Bower
• Growing Roses Organically: Your Guide to Creating an Easy-Care Garden Full of Fragrance and Beauty - Book Review
• Bitten plants deploy gut-rotting enzyme - Corn Defenses - corn variety uses cysteine protease as defense mechanism
  by S. Milius
• In Our Hands: A Hand Surgeon's Tales of the Body's Most Exquisite Instrument - Book Review
• Save our sounds: in some libraries, noise is good - collections of nature sounds
  by Susan Milius
• So You Have to Do a Science Fair Project - Book Review
• Targeted therapies: will gene screens usher in personalized medicine? - testing to determine which drugs would work best in individuals
  by Damaris Christensen
• Science at the Extreme: Scientists on the Cutting Edge of Discovery - Book Review
• Singing frog in China evokes whales, primates - Zoology - Amolops tormotus frog - Brief Article
• The Tending Instinct: How Nurturing Is Essential to Who We Are and How We Live - Book Review
• Two-toned euro coins shed metallic allergen - Money Allergies
  by J. Gorman
• Protein flags colon, prostate cancers - Cancer - huntingtin interacting protein 1 - Brief Article
• Tracks in the Sea: Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans - Book Review