Strange, But True: MIT researchers say that artificial lightning as hot as 18,000 degrees, produced in nitrogen-filled furnace chambers, can turn municipal and toxic waste into harmless pieces of glass at a much smaller cost than conventional methods... In Iraq, the United Nations claims that a plant supposedly producing experimental chicken feed is in fact a germ-warfare production site. Iraqi sources dispute the accusation, despite the fact that the lead researcher is reputed to be one of the nation's top scientists for biological weapons, and the complex itself is protected by anti-aircraft guns.