The author argues that the Pentagon's plan to arm Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles with conventional warheads as part of its 'Prompt Global Strike' mission, would be a strategic mistake.
Scientists have been warning that the Earth is slowly heating up, that the recent run of gentle winters in the United States is no fluke, but the warm-up to the big meltdown. Now, however, comes a chilling prediction from some of the same experts. Before the climate gets balmier, they say, it could take a sudden turn toward the frigid - and stay that way for decades, if not centuries.
The last refuge of secrets and lies - the brain - may be about to reveal all. Scientists are finding ways to use the brain's activity to expose truths a person may try to hide. The techniques could revolutionize police work, improve national security, and threaten personal privacy.
Claude Allen, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, warned that the U.S. food supply is vulnerable to a bioterrorist attack.
With political instability threatening Pakistan, the United States has begun debating how to help the country secure its nuclear weapons stockpile and nuclear-related facilities. Driving the preparations is the frightening prospect, however remote, that Islamic militants angered by a U.S. military assault on neighboring Afghanistan could seize power in Pakistan or gain control of some of its nuclear weapons.
An overview of the work of Jim Tour, the cofounder of Molecular Electronics Corp. and one of the leading researchers in molecular computing and nanotechnology. Molecular Electronics' work of developing atom-size computer components is among the most advanced in the country, and might produce working prototypes in the next 12 to 18 months.
Physicists are preparing to open a new window on the world with the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). This project will attempt to detect and observe 'gravitational waves' or the ripples in the gravitational field created by massive objects such as black holes or supernovas.