Contents Fall/Winter 2001
From the NAE President
| Expert, Independent Advice Is Critical to Inform Science Policy, Perhaps Now More Than Ever |
Education & Research
| Early Intervention Is Key to Easing Autism's Effects | |
| When Students Call It Quits | |
| Better information may help explain why |
Engineering & Technology
| The Biotech Soldier | |
| How advances in biotechnology could take tomorrow's army to new levels of combat effectiveness | |
| Building a Home Away From Home for Martian Samples | |
| Preventing Disasters by Design | |
| A new tool for evaluating oil tanker performance |
Health, Safety, & Social Issues
| To Infinity and Beyond | |
| What it takes to keep astronauts safe and sound on long space missions | |
| Beyond Cure | |
| Cancer patients need better care for symptoms |
Environment & Resources
| A Wetland Gained for a Wetland Lost? | |
| Arsenic Reconsidered | |
| EPA asks for advice on risk from arsenic levels in drinking water |
In Depth
| Protecting the Environment Through Government Intervention | |
| How well does it work? Several new Research Council reports examine some of the government's environmental programs in detail. |
Science & Society
| The Promise and Perplexities of Stem Cells | |
| Academies weigh in on hotly debated research area of regenerative medicine. |
Opinion
| Studying Differences Between the Sexes May Spur Improvements in Medicine | |
| by Mary-Lou Pardue |
Brief Takes
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| What I Did on My Summer Vacation | |
| by John M. Wallace | |
| A Research Council committee member reflects on the release of a high-profile report on global climate change. |
New Projects & Publications
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