Articles from Science News (January 3, 1998)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A surprising encounter of the NEAR kind.	Perkins, Sid	Brief Article	500
Children of the C4 world: did a decline in carbon dioxide concentrations spur our evolution?	Monastersky, Richard		2117
DNA tests find phony seal penises.	Milius, Susan		590
Europa's salty surface.	Cowen, Ron	Brief Article	308
Evolution of attention.	Bower, Bruce	Brief Article	399
Fossils from Mars: point, counterpoint.	Cowen, Ron	Brief Article	272
Frog real estate: more than location.	Milius, Susan	Brief Article	234
Frogs that talk through their ears.	Milius, Susan	Brief Article	347
Gene pushes cells into forced retirement.	Travis, John	Brief Article	521
Magnetic mood brightener.	Bower, Bruce	Brief Article	140
Mammograms get boost for women over 40.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief Article	289
Mongolian dinosaurs give up sandy secrets.	Monastersky, Richard	Brief Article	468
New foam tames an asbestos.	Raloff, Janet	Brief Article	331
Role of cancer mutation scrutinized.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief Article	302
Space 1998: from the moon to Mars and beyond.	Cowen, Ron	Cover Story	2086
The cosmos' fate: world without end.	Cowen, Ron		602
Xenon injects images with brightness.	Wu, Corinna	Brief Article	345
Zeroing in on an infinite number of primes.	Peterson, Ivars		709