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Or maybe not. With the Mars Polar Lander all but written off as a total loss, and the catastrophic failure of the Mars Climate Orbiter three months earlier, NASA is fast becoming the Dan Quayle of government agencies. Late-night comics have been roasting it mercilessly, while the Washington Post...
2 A DANGEROUS FRIEND by Ward Just. A well-meaning American sociologist arrives in Vietnam in the mid-1960s on a quasi-official mission to help prop up the civil government. What follows is a small, tense drama that foreshadows the wartime tragedies that lie ahead. Knowing how reality turned...
The graphic with your story "The Y2K Bug: Do We Still Have to Worry?" [LIVING, Nov. 29] stated that Virgin Atlantic has halted "flights for 24 hours." This could mislead readers into thinking our airline is not flying because we might have Y2K fears. This is as far from the...
Yes, when the engines go off, the data recorders have no power source. The U.S. government and manufacturers are trying to design a system that can provide backup power while withstanding the devastating impact of a crash.
Your article on the reaction to genetically modified crops read just like an antibiotech pamphlet. Your reporting of a Food and Drug Administration public hearing on biotechnology quoted no government scientists or university experts who discussed the safety of the technology. What's most appalling, though, is that you ended...