Articles from Science News (August 31, 2002)

Title	Author	Type	Words
An image to relish. (Astronomy).		Brief Article	220
Anesthetics activate brain's sleep switch. (You're Feeling Sleepy...).	Travis, J.	Brief Article	424
AstroFit.		Book Review	216
Bacteria offer drug for organ recipients. (Biomedicine).		Brief Article	192
Corn lily compound stops cancer in mice. (Flower Power).	Seppa, N.	Brief Article	491
Data reveal Earth's quick gestation. (Planetary Beginnings).	Cowen, R.	Brief Article	568
Down to the bone. (Polymers).		Brief Article	223
How gecko toes stick. (Getting a Grip).	Cobb, K.	Brief Article	407
Inflammatory ideas: new thoughts about causes of diabetes.	Christensen, Damaris		2191
It's only a sharper moon. (Astronomy).		Brief Article	210
Lens coating may keep contacts in eye longer. (Germ Fighter).	Gorman, J.	Brief Article	398
Lonely universe: runaway expansion will lead to dark times ahead.	Cowen, Ron		1080
Lost and found. (Biomedicine).		Brief Article	268
Mixing plastic and silicon yields form-fitting circuitry. (Electronics in the Round).	Weiss, P.	Brief Article	437
News in the ooze? (Letters).	Larson, Stephen R.		119
North Star Over My Shoulder: A Flying Life.		Book Review	132
Not booster boosters. (Letters).			229
Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics, and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World.		Book Review	169
Processing corn boosts antioxidants. (Food & Nutrition).		Brief Article	261
Seeds sprout 120 years after going underground. (Time Capsules).	Milius, S.	Brief Article	408
Speech insights spark statistical static. (Rift of Gab).	Bower, B.	Brief Article	463
The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging.		Book Review	128
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future.		Book Review	165
What the mail must go through. (Materials Science).		Brief Article	230
Writing faster with your eyes. (Computers).		Brief Article	257