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Articles in Feb 19, 2000, issue of Science News

• Tryst in space: Craft, asteroid rendezvous - Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous probe observes Eros asteroid - Brief Article
  by R. Cowen
• Glowing bacteria gobble gook in soil - genetically incorporating a gene from a luminescent marine bacterium into a soil bacterium produces glowing bacteria - Brief Article
  by C.W.
• Volcanoes aren't a big source of CFCs - Brief Article
  by C. Wu
• Don't eat the pepper-flavored paint - industrial uses of denatonium capsaicinate - Brief Article
  by C.W.
• Testosterone shows hurtful, helpful sides - Brief Article
  by B. Bower
• Pancreatic enzymes may play role in shock - Brief Article
  by N. Seppa
• A possible signal from Polar Lander - Mars Polar Lander - Brief Article
  by R.C.
• Letters
• A chance to point Hubble - contest to determine where the Hubble Space Telescope will be pointed in the spring of 2000 - Brief Article
  by R.C.
• Two Meningitis Bacteria Yield Genomes - Brief Article
  by J. Travis
• Protein may help the eyes tell time - study of the African hornerd frog may help determine the workings of mammals' biological clocks - Brief Article
  by J.T.
• Migration may reawaken Lyme disease - bird migration - Brief Article
  by S. Milius
• Nogo makes cord regrowth a no go - a protein that inhibits spinal nerve regrowth - Brief Article
  by J.T.
• Melting nuclei re-create Big Bang broth - quark-gluon plasma - Brief Article
  by P. Weiss
• Hunting for Higher Dimensions - extradimension theory
  by Peter Weiss
• Fly naps inspire dreams of sleep genetics - Brief Article
  by T. Hesman
• Eau, Brother! - electronic noses
  by Sid Perkins