Faster Evaluation of Vital Drugs
Traditional clinical trials may delay the availability of lifesaving therapies. Regulators now attempt to balance speed against the risk of errors
Features
Laser Control of Chemical Reactions
For years, chemists have sought to control reactions with lasers—and have mostly failed. Success may come from exploiting subtle quantum effects resulting from the interaction of light and matter...
An Efficient Swimming Machine
Instinctive control of vortices lets fish swim the way they do. A robotic tuna has also managed it; boats and submarines may be next
The Genetic Basis of Cancer
An accumulation of genetic defects can apparently cause normal cells to become cancerous and cancerous cells to become increasingly dangerous
Bonobo Sex and Society
The behavior of a close relative challenges assumptions about male supremacy in human evolution
Protein-Based Computers
Devices fabricated from biological molecules promise compact size and faster data storage. They lend themselves to use in parallel-processing computers, three-dimensional memories and neural networks...
Environmental Degradation in Ancient Greece
Contrary to the view that the ancients lived in harmony with their environment, archaeological and geologic evidence shows that they often abused the land
Seeking the Criminal Element
Scientists are homing in on social and biological risk factors that they believe predispose individuals to criminal behavior. The knowledge could be ripe with promise—or rife with danger...
Departments
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, March 1995
- Recommended
Book Reviews--The Big Picture
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50 and 100 Years Ago: Better Bread-Baking Machines and Discovery of Argon
- Profile
The Return of the Maverick
- Mathematical Recreation
Turning the Tables Around
- Science and the Citizen
Endangered: One Endangered Species Act
Science and Art on Stage
Not yet Elemental, my Dear Seaborg
Talking Trash
Pass the Plutonium, Please
Nuclear Empowerment
The Chaos Within
Swing Wide of that One
Ban that Embargo
Scientists' Sense of Snow
Liquid Crystals on Display
Treatment that Tightens the Belt
- Departments
A Mystery Inside a Riddle Inside an Enigma
Relics, Rights and Regulations
- Technology and Business
A Recombinant Feast
GIF us a Break
MRI goes Back to the Future
Phone Fight
