Japanese brace for the onslaught of a typhoon
Residents of Japan's main southwestern island, Kyushu, braced themselves Thursday for an approaching typhoon designated Bart. The typhoon hit Okinawa, 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) southwest of
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Mars orbiter goes silent, giving NASA a big worry
NASA has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter, a space probe billed as the first inter-planetary weather satellite, in what could be a serious, but not crippling, blow to efforts to determine
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Taming disaster
The mass escape from Hurricane Floyd was further evidence of how well America has learned to anticipate potential disaster. Americans get timely warnings and instructions on how to board up windows
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2 U.S. spacecraft nearing Mars for frugal scientific foraging
Two American spacecraft are approaching Mars, the second wave of economy-class robotic orbiting and landing parties in an ambitious revival of exploration of the red
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Britain unveils plan to fight poverty
The government of Prime Minsiter Tony Blair announced Tuesday its biggest commitment to combating poverty, saying it aimed to lift more than 1 million Britons out of poverty by 2002 and eliminate
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Coastal disasters and ocean views
America's coastal disasters along the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico are like uninvited and terrifying house guests. Hazel in 1954. Camille in 1969. Hugo in 1989. Andrew in 1992. Fran and Bertha in
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Beware of "Fetal Rights"
Opponents of abortion rights in America have come up with yet another scheme to advance their agenda. Called the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act," the measure aims to chip away at women's
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Health care activists target women
The demographic and political reality that increasingly colors the debate over restructuring Medicare and Social Security in U.S. is that old age is a space largely inhabited by women. Women not only
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New spin on music on the net
An Internet start-up company was set to introduce a World Wide Web site that is designed to bridge the competing worlds of on-line digital music and the traditional recording industry. The site,
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New York targets mosquitoes
Health officials in New York City have escalated their war against the mosquitoes that carry the encephalitis virus, using helicopters and trucks to spray an insecticide to kill the