Articles from Science News (February 2, 2002)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A letter of floods. (Letters).	Dykstra, Larry	Letter to the Editor	116
An El Nino link with a tropical disease? (Biomedicine).	S.P.	Brief Article	363
Balloon bursts give clue to fast cracks. (Physics).	P.W.	Brief Article	196
Biotech-crop laws were big in 2001. (Environment).	B.H.	Brief Article	130
Compound mimics calorie restriction. (Biomedicine).	D.C.	Brief Article	317
Drink and thrive: moderate alcohol use reduces dementia risk. (This Week).	Harder, B	Brief Article	569
Genetic lynx: North American lynx make one huge family. (This Week).	Pickrell, J	Brief Article	530
Germs that do a body good: bacteria might someday keep the doctor away. (Cover Story).	Harder, Ben		2207
It's a rough world: fractals help model vexing problems in earth science.	Perkins, Sid		1722
New way of gauging reservoir evaporation. (Meteorology).	S.P.	Brief Article	419
Ominous signals: genes may identify the worst breast cancers. (This Week).	Seppa, N	Brief Article	597
Petite pollinators: tree raises its own crop of couriers. (This Week).	Milius, S	Brief Article	483
Shattered hypothesis? (Letters).	Prehmus, George	Letter to the Editor	191
Some new stars in the neighborhood. (Astronomy).	R.C.	Brief Article	341
Storm warnings take new tone of voice. (Science & Society).	S.P.	Brief Article	319
Supernova dealt deaths on earth? Stellar blasts may have killed ancient marine life. (This Week).	Cowen, R	Brief Article	543
Talent Search: student finalists' flair for science to be rewarded. (This Week).	Perkins, S		630
Viral parts: chemists convert virus into nanoscale tool. (This Week).	Gorman, J	Brief Article	395