FEATURES
SDI Revisited: In Defense of Strategy partial text
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
In order that society might enjoy the benefits of discovered universal physical principles, it is essential to engage cooperation among the higher, cognitive processes of individual persons. The modern concept of “information,”embedded in today’s educational and scientific practice, makes such further advancement of cognition, and therefore of science, impossible. Such are the kind of underlying matters which must be addressed, to grasp the flaw in the arguments surrounding today’s missile-defense debate.

It’s Time to Tell the Truth About the Health Benefits
of Low-Dose Radiation full text
James Muckerheide
Low-dose radiation is documented to be beneficial for human health but, for political reasons, radiation is assumed to be harmful at any dose. Radiation-protection scientists, and others, who cover up the data that contradict present policy should be investigated for misconduct.

Discovery Challenges Existence of ‘Absolute Time’ full text
Jonathan Tennenbaum
Russian scientists have discovered unexpected regularities in radioactive decay, linked to astronomical cycles.

NEWS
IN MEMORIAM
Giuliano Preparata (1942-2000): A Physicist in Dialogue with Nature
Emilio del Giudice, Ph.D.

SPECIAL REPORT
AIDS and Infectious Diseases Declared Threat to U.S. National Security
Colin Lowry

ENVIRONMENT
Yes, the Ocean Is Warming; No, It’s Not ‘Global Warming’ full text
Dr. Robert E. Stevenson

DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL
Science Vs. the Human Genome Hype

RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Cascade Mountain Uplift May Explain Strengthening Ice Age Cycle
Jack Sauers

VIEWPOINT
Genetically Engineered Crops Can Feed the World! full text
Dr. Channaputra S. Prakash

BOOK REVIEWS
Challenges of Human Space Exploration by Marsha Freeman, Reviewed by Philip R. Harris, Ph.D.

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins, Reviewed by John Hoefle

The Angry Genie: One Man’s Walk through the Nuclear Age by Karl Z. Morgan and Ken M. Peterson, Reviewed by John Cameron, Ph.D.

Bernhard Riemann 1826-1866: Turning Points in the Conception of Mathematics by Detlef Laugwitz, Reviewed by Bruce Director

Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land, Inventor of Instant Photography by Victor K. McElheny, Reviewed by Stuart K. Lewis

Boing-Boing the Bionic Cat by Larry L. Hench, Reviewed by Marjorie Mazel Hecht