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...last be dispelled. Small bands of determined researchers are embarking on elaborate hunts for the hidden side of the cosmos. Some, using telescopes, are taking aim at the dark halo that rings our galaxy, searching for large, dim objects like burned-out stars. Others are positioning electronic detectors in underground tunnels, hoping to entrap phantom particles that may be so prevalent that they drench the universe like invisible drops of rain. "Someday soon," predicts University of Chicago astrophysicist David Schramm, "one of these groups is going to strike gold -- Swedish gold," the kind that bears the likeness of Alfred Bernhard...
Hopefully it won't come to that. But just in case, let's take a quick look at what's hot and what's not this fall, according to Jesse, Edward J. Shields and Dale A. Julio of DHR Stylists and Jerry E. Lauretano of Jerry's Underground...
Another guitarist, who would only identify himself as Bob, says the work is not lucrative. What draws him underground, he says, is the simple pleasure of making a difference to his listeners...
...subway musicians say fun--offering many a weary T-traveller relaxation and entertainment in the crowded, cold underground--is what they're all about...
...California desert last June. A lot more may be shaken, though, by a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey and other agencies. While the Landers and Big Bear quakes (respectively 7.5 and 6.6 on the Richter scale) did little damage, they evidently added stress to the system of underground faults that honeycombs that part of the state. As a result, chances of another big quake have quadrupled, with nearly 1-in-2 odds that one will hit within five years. And next time it could happen on the San Andreas Fault, which runs close to Los Angeles and other...