Articles from Science News (September 26, 1998)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A dozen new planets ... and still counting.	Cowen, Ron	Brief Article	697
A step closer to an atomic-based kilogram?	Weiss, Peter Ulrich	Brief Article	447
Ancient American marine scene.	Bower, Bruce	Brief Article	388
Another infection rages silently in young adults.	Fackelmann, Kathleen	Brief Article	387
As globe warms, atmosphere may shrink.	Monastersky, Richard	Brief Article	483
Bonnie's clouds pierced stratosphere.	Monastersky, Richard	Brief Article	123
Calcium gives black teens heart benefits.	Raloff, Janet	Brief Article	605
Ceramics cling to long bacterial strings.	Wu, Corinna	Brief Article	503
Chaucer's descendants: evolutionary biologists help trace the ancestry of a classic.	Brainard, Jeffrey	Brief Article	883
Curbing air bags' dangerous excesses: new smarts, new sensors, and variable inflation could reduce injury and death.	Weiss, Peter Ulrich	Cover Story	2190
Deep rock gives lift to Africa.	Monastersky, Richard	Brief Article	313
Gene differs in early birds and night owls.	Travis, John	Brief Article	485
Progestin enhances an anticancer process.	Seppay, Nathan	Brief Article	568
Second group of living fossils reported.	Milius, Susan	Brief Article	565
Stamping out syphilis: can the United States finally vanquish this sexually transmitted disease?	Fackelmann, Kathleen		1866
Trailing Lewis and Clark.	Bower, Bruce	Brief Article	163