Science in the developing world; Dealing with disability; Gone fishing; Innovation in poor countries; Racial disparities at birth; Energy in all directions; Bipartisan environmentalism; Open access; Freedom of speech

Bush proposes 3.3% increase in FY 2009 R&D budget; Energy bill boosting CAFE standards approved; Report faults food-safety agency; Oil lease sales begin despite polar bear concerns; EPA denies California emissions waiver; Climate change bills advance in Senate; EPA launches nanotechnology program

George C. Lee
Ernest Sternberg
A New System for Preventing Bridge Collapses

Can the bomb be banned? (Review of The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger)

Environmental stalemate? (Review of American Environmental Policy 1990–2006: Beyond Gridlock)

Golgi’s Door

Bruce Berkowitz

The R&D Future of Intelligence

Howard Pack

Asian Successes vs. Middle Eastern Failures: The Role of Technology Transfer in Economic Development

David S. Wilcove

Animal Migration: An Endangered Phenomenon?

Charles D. Ferguson

Strengthening Nuclear Safeguards