Contents for May 1-7, 1998

• Can I quote you on that? For scientists, encounters with the media can be both uplifting and deflating. At best, Brown researchers have found that reporters can help spread important messages, educate people, and even prompt collaborative inquiries from colleagues and industry.

• For love of country - both of them: Haitian-American PLME student hopes service in Navy will complement her interest in international medicine.

• The authors of "Mothering Against the Odds" seek to "deconstruct the myth that there is one way to be a good mother," says co-author Cynthia García Coll.

• A research team offers fresh findings on the reason for menopause.

• NewsBYTES, the monthly newsletter from CIS.

• Last Word: Julio Ortega takes a look at the inner process of marginalization.