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...fact, such a directive already exists in some form - the international Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which governs the legal framework for activities in space. Best known for banning governments from putting nuclear weapons into orbit, the treaty also requires space-faring nations to avoid "harmful contamination" of other worlds while exploring the solar system. Human beings have yet to set foot on other planets, so the risk today comes from bacteria that can hitch a ride on unmanned spacecraft like NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander, which arrived on the red planet's surface last May. (See pictures...
...years in the U.S. Senate, including 10 as Democratic leader, learning how to move critical legislation. The Clinton health-care effort was, in the opinion of most analysts, crippled by poor relations with Congress, and someone with experience as a leader in the Senate would be ideally suited to avoid that problem. Furthermore, Daschle was in the Senate Democratic leadership and on the critical Finance Committee during the 1994 health-care battle, putting him in an ideal position to learn the lessons of that failure...
...than 10,000 children and adolescents ages 2 through 17, they found that those who were most likely to take vitamin and mineral supplements were those who needed them least - in other words, youngsters in higher-income families, who ate consistent and nutritious meals. (See 9 kid foods to avoid...
...poked the puck past BU goaltender Allyse Wilcox to make the score 3-0.Just over two minutes later, Brine did it again, this time with a little help from her linemates.Vaillancourt brought the puck up the ice and made a nice pass to sophomore Katharine Chute as she spun to avoid a defender. Chute crossed the puck to Brine, who caught Wilcox out of position and dumped the puck into the wide-open right side of the net.All told, Harvard’s first line contributed 11 of the team’s 20 points.“It just happened...
...basic rule of politics is to avoid offending your allies. Apparently unaware of this tactic, the Czech Republic has decided to celebrate the start of its presidency of the European Union by commissioning a sculpture that is controversial to the point of insult. Entitled “Entropa” and mounted in the foyer of the EU, the eight ton monstrosity takes the form of a model kit, with pieces intended to humorously represent each member country. The humor lies in the shocking nature of the stereotypes selected—Italy, for example, is depicted as a football pitch...