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...Research for Rice Institute, IRRI for short. The goal of IRRI scientists will be to develop a golden tropical rice, based on the techniques Potrykus has used for his temperate rice variety. And this is only the first step. Two private companies?Swiss-based Syngenta and Myriad Genetics of Salt Lake City in the U.S.?revealed last week that they have mapped the entire rice genome, paving the way for other dramatic breakthroughs. Years of lab work on a viable genetically modified (GM) rice variety are still needed, but scientists in Asia will undoubtedly find their rice subjected...
...Indian army were airlifted to Gujarat along with teams of doctors and surgeons. At last week's end, Bhuj still remained cut off, with no electricity or telephones. Ahmedabad residents were camped in parks and on the sidewalks outside their damaged homes. In Pachchao, a village in the salt desert not far from the epicenter, Dawod Ismail Siddhi cried, "There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been demolished." His sister Banu knelt beside a rope cot bearing the corpses of her two children. Republic Day is an occasion for India to show...
...turn to Tchaikovsky. Americans can glide to Gershwin. But nobody in the skating community has heard of Xian Xinghai, one of China's premier composers. And that's a problem for Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, the skating duo who rank among China's top medal hopes for the Salt Lake City Games. "If we choose to skate to the most famous Chinese music," says Zhao, "no one will even recognize it, which puts us at a big disadvantage. It isn't really fair...
...Still, the last couple of years haven't been all smooth gliding for Korea's golden boy and best-bet medal contender in Salt Lake City. At the 2000 World Championships in England, he had both arms severely cut when he fell under Chinese competitor Li Jiajun's blades during a race. He didn't even know he was injured until he saw the ice turning red. In a few months, though, he was back in the rink, once more sweeping up golds in the short-track event at the World Cup in Calgary. "I pull myself together immediately when...
...Clues described me as bitter [PEOPLE, Jan. 8]. This is anything but true. For six years, with the help of an animated puppy named Blue, I have had the honor of serving as friend and teacher to millions of preschoolers. In this role, I speak frankly with a salt-and-pepper shaker, dress up as Elvis and search for cookies. I have been supported by an outstanding team, all of whom have the single goal of empowering children and teaching them to think, think, think. I am proud that Blue's Clues will go on without me; it will always...