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From the Fall-Winter 2013 Issue (BUY)

150 YEARS OF VERNADSKY

The 'Greening' of Vladimir Vernadsky:
How The Russellites Sabotage Science
William Jones


Human Autotrophy
Christine Craig


REVIEWS

The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism
by Steve Goreham
Reviewed by JasonRoss


The Fourth Phase of Water
by Gerald H. Pollack
Reviewed by Liona Fan-Chiang


Fun in Fusion Research
by John Sheffield
Reviewed by Marsha Freeman


A Review of the Deutsches Museum
by Jason Ross

From the Summer 2013 Issue (BUY)

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky:
The Science of the Biosphere and Astrobiology
Academician M. Ya. Marov

INTERVIEW
DE-STAR: Laser Technology for Asteroid Vaporization
Professor Philip M. Lubin

Obama Tries to Kill Space Exploration, Again
Marsha Freeman

From the Spring 2013 Issue (BUY)

150 YEARS OF VERNADSKY
Introduction
William Jones


Biospheric Energy-Flux Density
Benjamin Deniston

A.I. Oparin: Fraud, Fallacy, or Both?
Meghan Rouillard

Russia and Ukraine Celebrate
Vernadsky’s Anniversary
Marsha Freeman

From the Fall-Winter 2012-2013 Issue (BUY)

Planetary Defense Introduction
Jason Ross

Deflection and the Energy-Flux Density Factor
Benjamin Deniston

INTERVIEW
SDE: Hypervelocity Asteroid Deflection
Brent Barbee and Professor Bong Wie

INTERVIEW
An Inside Look at Russia’s Nuclear Propulsion System
Academician Anatoly Koroteyev

BOOK REVIEW
Global Aerospace Monitoring and Disaster Management
by Valery A. Menshikov, Anatoly N. Perminov, and Yuri M.Urlichich
Reviewed by William Jones

From the Spring-Summer 2012 Issue (BUY)

The Transition from the Biosphere to the Noösphere
Vadimir I. Vernadsky
With introduction by translator Bill Jones

Evolution of Species and Living Matter
Vladimir I. Vernadsky
Translated by Meghan Rouillard

Are Nuclear Processes in Biology Unique?
Ernest Schapiro, MD

Cambrian Cannibals
Mark McMenamin, Ph.D.

IN MEMORIAM: Neil Armstrong

History of Mars to Curiosity
Marsha Freeman

On Wonder
Shawna Halevy

From the Winter 2011-2012 Issue (BUY)

LYNN MARGULIS (1938-2011) Pioneering American Biologist and Geoscientist
Mark A.S. McMenamin

Evidence-Based Medicine: Treating by Chance
Cathy M. Helgason, M.D.

How to Construct an Astrolabe, Using Your PC
Christine Craig

From the Fall 2011 Issue (BUY)

Are Carbonate Solutions Alive?
V.L. Voeikov, Do Minh Ha, N.D. Vilenskaya,
S.I. Malishenko, and E.V. Bouravleva

Bicarbonate aqueous systems, the necessary constituents of all biological liquids, exhibit a sustained non-equilibrium state and sensitivity to cosmic events.

INTERVIEW: DR. EDWARD CALABRESE

How a 'Big Lie' Launched the LNT Myth and the Great Fear of Radiation

A well-known toxicologist discusses his startling discovery that the linear no-threshold or LNT hypothesis, which governs radiation and chemical protection policy today, was founded on a deliberate lie to further a political agenda.

INTERVIEW: CLINTON BASTIN

Iran Has a Nuclear Power, Not a Weapons Program

NEWS BRIEFS

On the Ground at the AGU

Booknotes

From the Summer 2011 Issue (BUY)

EINSTEIN IN PARIS

Einstein Presents and Discusses His Theory

The first English translation of a 1922 article describing several lectures by Albert Einstein during his visit to Paris that year.

ROOSEVELT'S TVA

The Development Program That Transformed A Region and Inspired the World
Marsha Freeman

Franklin Roosevelt’s TVA brought the most backward region of the country into the modern age, providing a record of rapid development that the rest of the world rushed to emulate.

EDITORIAL
The 'Big Lie' About Radiation and LNT
Marjorie Mazel Hecht

From the Spring 2011 Issue (BUY)

The Solar Storm Threat to America's Power Grid
Laurence Hecht

Warnings have gone unheeded; we need to begin mitigation remedies now.

Nuclear Power and NAWAPA: What Will It Take?
DeWitt Moss

A nuclear engineer reviews the monumental challenge of NAWAPA and the nuclear options available to power its pumps, lifts, railways, and new communities.

Spent Nuclear Fuel Is an Abundant Source of Energy
Dale E. Klein, Ph.D.

The former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission makes a forceful case for using reprocessing to close the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle.

EDITORIAL

THE SCIENCE THAT BUILT THE NATION
West Point and the Tradition of the Army Corps of Engineers
Pamela Lowry

FUSION REPORT

INTERVIEW: DR. YUANXI WAN
China's Ambitious Path to Fusion Power

BOOKS

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
Beacon of American Science and Forerunner of NAWAPA
Reviewed by Timothy Rush

From the Winter 2010 Issue

LUC MONTAGNIER'S REVOLUTION IN BIOLOGY
New Evidence for a Non-Particle View of Life
Laurence Hecht

France's leading virologist, Luc Montagnier, demonstrates the emission of low-frequency electromagnetic waves from bacterial DNA sequences, and the apparent ability of these waves to organize nucleotides into new bacterial DNA.

THE GREAT SEA-LEVEL HUMBUG
There Is No Alarming Sea Level Rise!
Nils-Axel Mörner

BOOKS

A Feverish Malthusian Defends Malaria As a Non-Problem
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
by Sonia Shah
Review by Donald Roberts, Ph.D.

From the Fall 2010 Issue

IN MEMORIAM

In Appreciation of Maurice Allais (1911-2010)
The New Physical Field of Maurice Allais
Laurence Hecht

Allais' unique experiments with a para-
conical pendulum demonstrated periodic
luni-solar effects that are not yet explained.

A Passion for Truth and the Common Good
Marjorie Mazel Hecht

Nobel Laureate Maurice Allais pursued an
economics that improved the human condition.

In Memoriam: Maurice Allais
Jacques Cheminade, Presidential candidate
Solidarité et Progrès

BOOKS

Three Billion and Counting
A documentary film on DDT