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UPDATED SEPTEMBER 18, 2001 6:51 PM ET
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Engineers
Tackle Havoc Beneath Trade Center
By
DENNIS OVERBYE
Attempts to
dig out the remains of the World Trade Center's basement
without proper precautions, engineers fear, could cause the
walls to shift or rupture, leading to flooding and the
destabilization of nearby buildings.
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THE
SKIES
Making
Planes Safer by Making Fuels
Safer
By
WILLIAM J. BROAD
Crashed jets
do not as a rule explode. They burn. And that, scientists say,
raises the possibility that advanced fuels may one day make
commercial planes safer.
DESIGN
Defending
Skyscrapers Against Terror
By
KENNETH CHANG
No one
designs a skyscraper to withstand the direct hit of a fully
fueled 767, and construction engineers agree that such an
attack would have doomed almost any
high-rise.
HAUNTING QUESTION
Did
the Ban on Asbestos Lead to Loss of
Life?
By
JAMES GLANZ and ANDREW C. REVKIN
Some
scientists and engineers wonder whether asbestos insulation
might have kept the twin towers intact long enough for more
people to have escaped.
THE ENVIRONMENT
Dust
Is a Problem, but the Risk Seems
Small
By
ANDREW C. REVKIN
As thousands
of workers streamed back into Lower Manhattan for the first
time since the terrorist attacks, federal officials said they
faced no significant health risk.
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Map That Named America May Now Call It
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Worn
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Borrelly
Russia
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From
Dust to Red Tide
By
HENRY FOUNTAIN
This week's
column includes items on toxic algae, the rumblings of
undersea volcanoes and Cincinnati's bouncing baby
rhino.
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 The
Little Fox
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JOE RAO
On most star charts Vulpecula, the Little Fox,
seems to be nothing more than a formless splattering of dim
stars.
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