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Last Updated:  Tuesday, 1 April, 2003, 07:47 GMT 08:47 UK
Space orbiter Columbia entered the atmosphere already damaged, according to data from a salvaged recorder.

Archaeologists discover some of the oldest evidence yet of mummification at a 5,000-year-old site in Egypt.
A compound in daily use causes chromosome damage in laboratory mice, US researchers have found.
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