The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, after nine years of orbiting the Earth for studies of space, was deliberately steered into the atmosphere, where it burned, broke up and fell into a remote area of

Old Soviet technology has left a legacy of pollution in Azerbaijan. The damage that has been done to the land, air and water during the past century is severe. More than 3.9 million hectares are

While land and air pollution is severe in Azerbaijan, " it is even worse" in the case of water, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hassanov. The main problem is contamination of the Caspian Sea.

Frito-Lay announced in January that it would stop using biotechnology-based corn in its chips. Germany has banned genetically modified ingredients from its baby food. And McDonald's has asked its

The report from France that several infants with severe immune disorders have apparently been cured by gene therapy is a dramatic breakthrough in a field that is desperate for one. Three children

New federal nutrition guidelines plans, for the first time, make a clean distinction between fats Americans should eat and fats they should avoid. Instead of simply reducing overall fat in their

Frustrated by Russia's repeated delays in launching a crucial component of the International Space Station, NASA is preparing to use an American substitute to get the project moving again. Mr.

In years of meager harvest, the population drops as villagers strike out to hunt for jobs in Bamako, the capital, or in more fertile corners of the basin. That pattern-what people call the seasonal

There is now a direct challenge to managed care in US. The issue comes down to this : Does an HMO, by linking what it pays its doctors with their success in holding down costs, ignore the best

Two infants born with life-threatening immune-system disorders that had required them to live inside protective sterile "bubbles" are healthy and living normal lives almost a year after being treated