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Deliverance at last for pretty Ariana after her ordeal. Kidnapped from her classroom by violent outlaws. Imprisoned in the wild with only a slop pail. Forced to endure the pitch-black terrors of a deep cave. Safe at last in her aunt's warm house, she gives thanks. "How wonderful," she muses, "to know that God never lost control...
...these things was the Crimson's slow start, which has been annoying the squad most of the year. Over the first 15 minutes, Yale controlled the ball and the flow, but to its credit Harvard did not cave...
Essentially docile, bats play a vital role in maintaining ecological balance. For one thing, they protect crops from marauding insects. The 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats that roost in Bracken Cave near San Antonio, Texas, from spring to fall consume 250 tons of insects every night as they swarm to altitudes of 10,000 ft. Farmers are not the only ones who benefit. A single little brown bat can speedily clear a suburban backyard of pesky mosquitoes, lapping up 600 bugs an hour...
...discovery of the sophisticated cave paintings in the south of France and the announcement that they are the oldest ever found should indeed throw "the entire notion of progressive artistic development into question," as suggested by a French official [SCIENCE, June 19]. Anthropology will remain in the kindergarten of its understanding of man and his works until it comes to grips with the prospect that if the flood of Noah was the one responsible for the sinking of the continent of Atlantis, then the survivors (who may well have been forced to live in caves) were the remnants...
...cave-rich Ardeche region may not be finished yielding treasures. Some 200 painted caves have already been found in the area. As the Chauvet cave has shown -- twice so far -- it is premature to conclude that there are no big surprises left...