Issues in Science and Technology

By clarifying federal policies and expanding local control, we can stimulate economic development as well as protect the environment. Thousands of factories, mills, and machine shops that once housed thriving enterprises lie abandoned, the legacy of...

With thousands of bombs being disassembled, the U.S. and Russia must tighten controls to prevent theft of fissionable materials. In the current state of the world, nuclear weapons are destined to play a decreasing role. The nuclear arms reduction agreements...

Many U.S. scientists have their backs up about what Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is saying about "strategic research." As she said in a speech at the National Academy of Sciences earlier this year, "We must focus our science investments more strategically--around...

Beginning in the late 1960s, fishing vessels from Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, East Asia, and other distant nations began arriving in force near the coast of North America. Equipped with the finest electronic fish-finding gear and able to fish for...