Articles from Science News (December 1, 1990)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A little oxygen is better than none.			323
Another gap in mapping Venus.			285
Dawn of a big telescope: astronomers await the debut of Keck's tiled mirror.	Cowen, Ron	Cover Story	1963
Genetic propensity to common cancers found.	Weiss, Rick		502
High-pressure hormone: mysterious blood compound may plant seeds of hypertension.	Fackelmann, Kathy A.		1710
Ins and outs of pesticide residues.	Raloff, Janet		169
Liquids that tiptoe on the edge of solidity.	Amato, Ivan		443
Mother tongue may influence musical ear.	Langreth, Robert N.		815
New allergy vaccine brings relief to rats.	Weiss, Rick		405
Noise at sea: cries of infant microbubbles.	Peterson, Ivars		821
Planetary coffee: take a five-minute break inside the earth.	Monastersky, Richard		946
Reassessing costs of keeping baby dry.	Raloff, Janet		393
San Andreas fault may have many faces.	Monastersky, Richard		635
Scars from an ancient collision.			290
Soybean lecithin may prevent cirrhosis.	Cowen, Ron		613