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Columnists
12 November 2007

Why evolution should be taught in public schools

Laura H. Kahn

Understanding evolution is critical to confronting the twenty-first century's microbiological challenges. We need to educate the next generation of scientists to give them the tools to develop novel treatments against antibiotic resistant bacteria, emerging viruses, and other deadly microbes. They need to understand how these microbes develop and change, which requires an understanding of evolution.

Columnists
11 November 2007

U.S. nuclear weapons security--a "silly" notion

Pavel Podvig

At first glance, the U.S. military's response to the incident at Minot Air Base involving the transportation of six nuclear warheads across the United States was reasonably thorough and harsh--three colonel-rank commanders were relieved of their positions, the bomber wing at Minot was decertified from its wartime missions, and a number of air force personnel lost their certifications. More action will probably come in the next few months.

Agree to Disagree
8 November 2007

Access leads to better science, and better security

Gigi Kwik Gronvall

Point your web browser to the
National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI), and you will find a treasure trove of genetic information. No fee or

Agree to Disagree
6 November 2007

RRW? What's RRW?

Jessica Wilbanks

I agree that it's hardly surprising that the Bush administration's proposal to develop new
nuclear warheads has only reached a small percentage of Americans.

Opinion
4 November 2007

An air traffic control system for the twentieth(!) century

Nearly 40 years ago, the President's Science Advisory Committee outlined ways to improve the country's air traffic control system--recommendations that are still salient today.

1 November 2007

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 63 Issue 6

1 November 2007
Bulletins

Bulletins

Agricultural practices indirectly affect the atmosphere–and climate.
1 November 2007
Editor's Note

Motivational Seekers

Mark Strauss
1 November 2007
Opinion

Synthesizing Biosecurity

Stephen M. MaurerLaurie Zoloth
Protecting the public from the risks of synthetic biology depends on the scientific community's will, capacity, and commitment to regulate itself.
1 November 2007
Opinion

Stumping on Security

Michael Stebbins
Presidential candidates need to address a wide range of national security questions this election season.
1 November 2007
Opinion

Activism Revived

Lawrence S. WittnerJessica WilbanksKate HudsonAaron Voldman
During the 1980s, a grass roots movement against nuclear weapons filled city streets worldwide with protesters. Today, the drumbeat for disarmament is growing loud again. Our experts debate whether we are witnessing a reemergence
1 November 2007
Interview

Interview: Brice Smith

John Rezek
Life is full of risks. Buf one scienfisf confends fhaf life fueled by more nuclear power is filled wifh fhe sorf of risks fhaf are insurmounfable and unnecessary.
1 November 2007
Feature

Thinking Past Ourselves

Bill McKibben
Climate change challenges us to move beyond a culture that has reduced nature to yet another consumable.
1 November 2007
Feature

Burma's Forgotten Refugees

Emma Larkin
Trapped by a political stalemate, Burma's Rohingya minority live in horrific conditions that are both an indictment of the international community's inability to protect refugees and a recruiting ground for terrorists.
1 November 2007
Feature

An Inconvenient Assessment

Chris Mooney
Seven years ago, scientists published a pioneering study to help Americans understand the implications of climate change. Here's why you've never heard of it.
1 November 2007
Feature

Peace Talk: My Life Negotiating Science and Policy

W. K. H. Panofsky
A pioneer in the field of elementary particle physics and the first director of one of the most productive research facilities ever built, W. K. H. “Fief” Panofsky served as an adviser at the
1 November 2007
Review

Fearing Fear Itself

John Mueller
The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor, by William Langewiesche, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 181 pages, 2007, $22.
1 November 2007
Review

Nanotechnology at War

Mike Treder
Military Nanotechnology: Potential Applications and Preventive Arms Control (Contemporary Security Studies), by Jürgen Altmann, Routledge, 238 pages, 2006, $125.
1 November 2007
Review

A Unified Theory of Einstein

Rocky Kolb
Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson, Simon and Schuster, 704 pages, 2007, $32.
1 November 2007
Nuclear notebook

Nuclear Cruise Missiles

Robert S. NorrisHans M. Kristensen
1 November 2007
Turn back the clock

A Turkish Nuclear Turnaround

Mustafa Kibaroglu
Columnists
30 October 2007

Asia's space race

With China, Japan, and India rapidly increasing their space programs, the international community should establish guidelines to ensure that the space pursuits of all countries remain peaceful.

Columnists
27 October 2007

The effect of U.S. nuclear testing on the Marshallese

Hugh Gusterson

Five decades after its final nuclear test in the Marshall Islands, Washington still refuses to appropriately compensate those harmed by the tests.

Agree to Disagree
26 October 2007

Disarmament, not new nuclear weapons

Aaron Voldman

Last month, I visited Hiroshima, where a Hibakusha (a survivor of the atomic bomb) gave a
heart-wrenching presentation; after that, I spent hours walking through the peace museum and park.
As I walked past the Atomic Dome, a building that still stands to make visible the Bomb's

Opinion
22 October 2007
Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear terrorism's fatal assumptions

Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley

In a casual, often-irreverent tone, journalist William Langewiesche walked readers of the December 2006 issue of The Atlantic through the possibilities and hurdles associated with procuring the required material for a nuclear weapon, transporting it to a safe place, and assembling the bomb. With no ambitions to provide solutions to these questions, his article was a pretext to draw attention to the successes and failures of U.S.

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