Features

• 5 Essential Things To Do In Space

  Planetary scientists have articulated goals for exploring the solar system

  George Musser   | October 1, 2007  | 1

• Experimental Drugs on Trial

  A controversial lawsuit challenges the FDA's system of controlling access to experimental drugs and, some say, the scientific basis of drug approval

  Beryl Lieff Benderly   | October 1, 2007  | 1

• Big Lab on a Tiny Chip

  Squeezing a chemistry lab down to fingernail size could provide instant medical tests at home and on the battlefield

  Charles Q. Choi   | October 1, 2007  |

• The Diamond Age of Spintronics

  Quantum electronic devices that harness the spins of electrons might one day enable room-temperature quantum computers—made of diamond

  David D. Awschalom , Ryan Epstein and Ronald Hanson   | October 1, 2007  |

• The Future of Space Exploration

  The launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite half a century ago inaugurated the Space Age. What comes next?

  Steven Ashley and George Musser   | October 1, 2007  | 3

• Conservation for the People

  Pitting nature and biodiversity against people makes little sense. Many conservationists now argue that human health and well-being should be central to conservation efforts

  Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier   | October 1, 2007  |

• How Does Consciousness Happen

  Two leading neuroscientists, Christof Koch and Susan Greenfield, disagree about the activity that takes place in the brain during subjective experience

  Christof Koch and Susan Greenfield   | October 1, 2007  | 2

• To the Moon and Beyond

  Humans are returning to the moon. This time the plan is to stay a while

  Charles Dingell , William A. Johns and Julie Kramer White   | October 1, 2007  | 2