Articles from Science News (December 7, 1996)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Changing profile for R&D spending.		Brief Article	350
Colorectal cancer: to screen or not to screen?	Sternberg, Steve		599
Confining superfluid helium to a new state.	Peterson, Ivars		560
Deep-seated shenanigans.		Brief Article	227
Glass molds a forest of whiskery wires.		Brief Article	185
Gone fishing: scientists use mutant zebra fish to learn how vertebrate embryos develop.	Travis, John	Cover Story	2157
Hurricanes within Earth's core.		Brief Article	323
Molecular abacus counts on buckyballs.		Brief Article	248
Pollution helps weeds take over prairies.	Raloff, Janet	Brief Article	455
Radio search finds few distant quasars.	Cowen, Ron	Brief Article	411
Smallest frog leaps into limelight.		Brief Article	265
Smart materials for tiny robotic rovers.	Wu, Corinne	Brief Article	520
Surprising pair of diabetes genes debuts.	Travis, John		672
The splintered universe: physicists model the early universe in droplets of superfluid helium.	Vergano, Dan		1872
Tibet reveals its squishy underbelly.	Monastersky, Richard		679
U.S. schools put off more R&D upgrades.		Brief Article	239
Vaccine against brucellosis needs work.		Brief Article	295
When the cat's meow means ow!		Brief Article	150