Tuesday, August 25, 1998
Mir will finally rest in peace
Russian space officials are pressing ahead with their plans to dispose of the troubled Mir Space Station by allowing it to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere at the end of next year. The costly exercise requires the utmost precision to ensure that the aging space vehicle is nudged into the right trajectory so that most of it vaporises and the rest splashes down harmlessly in the Pacific Ocean.
Pearl oyster disease: Japan at sea
Just over a century ago, an enterprising villager in this little fishing town on Japan's pacific coast robbed mother nature of one of her most charming secrets - how to grow a pearl. Now, nature is striking back. A mysterious disease in the last several years has almost made Japan's pearl oysters an endangered species.
The brains behind beauty
Even if you are not on high heels, modelling can be a shaky business. And those who have faced the lights and been in the ramp race, know just how much so. Till two years ago, all wannabe models had to dredge up huge sums for portfolios and had to rely on the smooth assurances of coordinators. That's the way the business was run.
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