Dealing with terror; Transportation security; Memories: True or false?; Universities and national security; Control mercury emissions now; Needed: Achievement and aptitude; New approach to climate change; Managing our forests.

Kevin Finneran
Science Advice or Political Cover?

S&T given big boost in homeland security department; House votes to double NSF budget; is DOE next in line?; Legislation on human cloning stalls in Senate; House bill would bolster protection of humans in clinical trials; Senate energy bill would create new OTA-like service.

International ecosystem assessment now under way; Advanced Technology Program survives challenge.

Arthur Bienenstock
A Fair Deal for Federal Research at Universities

Ian W. H. Parry
Are All Market-Based Environmental Regulations Equal?

Barry Bozeman
Public Views of Science Issues

Food fights (Review of Travels in the Genetically Modified Zone)

The politics of fire (Review of Flames in Our Forests: Disaster or Renewal)

Science and society (Review of Science, Truth, and Democracy)

Science and security (Review of Tuxedo Park)

Pioneers in Standardized Testing.

Daniel Sperling
Eileen Clausen

The Developing World's Motorization Challenge

Peter T. Jenkins

Paying for Protection from Invasive Species

Robert Glennon

The Perils of Groundwater Pumping