The Global Environment
Every issue explores cutting-edge developments in technology, medicine, education, climate change, and much more. Articles provide in-depth analyses of science and technology’s impact on public policy, the economy, and society—bringing today’s best minds to bear on tomorrow’s most critical topics.
Editor's Journal
Can Science Get Any Respect?
This has been an up-and-down year for the public image of science. Those smart-ass humanist critics of science got their comeuppance when Social Text, one of their trendy journals, published an… Read More
Perspectives
Transforming the Navy’s Warfighting Capabilities
On June 26, 1897, Great Britain’s Royal Navy conducted a review in honor of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee. The review represented the greatest concentration of naval power the world had ever seen.… Read MoreCrunch Time for Control of Advanced Arms Exports
In the wake of the Cold War, the proliferation of conventional weapons is emerging as a critical international issue. New economic pressures–the result of shrinking international arms sales combined with cutbacks in… Read More
Features
U.S. Seaports: At the Crossroads of the Global Economy
U.S. seaports are showing signs of neglect, a disturbing prospect as the nation competes in an increasingly dynamic global economy. Many aspects of port infrastructure and management are relics from mid-century. And… Read MoreThe Dilemma of Environmental Democracy
We live in a world of manifest promise and still more manifest fear, both inseparably linked to developments in science and technology. Our faith in technological progress is solidly grounded in a… Read MoreDangerous Intersections
Over the past two years, several prominent working groups and expert committees have circulated or published position papers attempting to address widespread public anxiety over the potential uses and abuses of genetic… Read MoreThe Greening of U.S. Foreign Policy
For many individuals concerned with the ecological health of the planet, the end of the Cold War presented an unexpected opportunity to harness U.S. foreign policy to a grand strategy of environmental… Read MoreA Better Home for Undergraduate Science
A renaissance is beginning in undergraduate education in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. New discoveries and emerging technologies are changingthe face of science–and the way that science is learned. In the wake… Read MoreRoundtable: The Politics of Genetic Testing
This discussion took place in March 1996 at “The Genetics Revolution: A Catalyst for Education and Public Policy,” a conference sponsored by North Lake College and others in Dallas, Texas. The participants… Read MoreClimate Science and National Interests
Scientific developments and a change in U.S. policy have shifted the terms of the discussions that will take place in June 1997 at the conference of parties to the Framework Convention on… Read More
Book Reviews
Ethical Dilemmas
To be successful, the Human Genome Project, the 15-year-long effort to map the estimated 3 billion nucleotides and 100,000 genes that form the genetic makeup of a human being, will need to… Read More
Rethinking Drug Policy
As the 1996 presidential campaign heats up, drug use and control have once again become prominent political issues. Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole has labeled the increased use of marijuana among teenagers,… Read More
The Politics of Space
In Can Democracies Fly in Space?, W. D. Kay, a political scientist at Northeastern University, argues that “something is terribly wrong” with the U.S. civil space program. It is in trouble,… Read More