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Government and legal information available at WIU on related topics:

Federal Agencies

Projects

The Human Genome Research: site from the Department of Energy has information concerning the on-going task of "mapping" human DNA.
Agricultural Biotechnology: explains the Department of Agriculture's role in regulating the biotec industry.
National Weather Service: View satellite photos and radar precipitation maps at once, with active warnings just a click away.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL): Includes information on biochemicals and fuels, geothermal heating/cooling and electricity, and solar and wind power.
NASA's Space Science Website: Find out all about NASA's space missions, the planets, images from the Hubble Space Telescope, and more.
Human space exploration: International Space Station and Space Shuttle.
Robotic missions: Pioneer 10 (launched in 1972 and has since left the solar system), Cassini to Saturn, Galileo to Jupiter, the Mars Global Surveyor, and Messenger to Mercury.