Earth plants and animals eyed for space colonists
NASA researchers at Ames study how Earth organisms respond to Moon and Mars gravity one sixth and one third to grow crops and support life aboard a space ark. They warn gravity altered genes may fail to activate and some plants or animals could be engineered to survive the new environment.
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Survey shows fewer workers in HMOs in 1998
A Mercer survey of about 4,200 employers finds HMO enrollment fell to 47 percent in 1998 from 50 percent the year before as PPOs rose to 40 percent. Traditional insurance dropped to 13 percent. costs are expected to rise about 9 percent this year.
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