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Reviews the computer softwares `TopoScout,' by Maptech Inc., `Street Atlas USA, Version 5.0,' by DeLorme, `Microsoft Expedia Streets 98,' by Microsoft Corp., `StreetFinder, 1998 edition,' by Rand McNally New Media, `Road Trips Door-to-Door, 1998 edition,' by Travoute Software, and `Microsoft Encarta Virtual Globe, 1998 edition,' by Microsoft Corp.

Reports on developments in the pursuit of quantum computers in the United States. Method of factoring that could take advantage of the laws of quantum mechanics which govern the behavior of matter and energy at atomic dimensions; Nuclear spins; Description of the quantum bit or qubit; Operations that can be performed on qubits.

Discusses the methods used by English mathematician Andrew Wiles in proving Fermat's last theorem (FLT). Survey of the applications of number theory; Works of Pierre de Fermat; Applicability of Taniyama conjecture; Coverage of the three lectures given by Wiles at the University of Cambridge. INSET: The Taniyama conjecture, by P.G.B..

Details on the Codex Leicester, work of artist Leanardo da Vinci on the contemplation of water. Description of breakwaters; Role of water in shaping the world; Vision of a one living earth.

Reports on the Clinton administration's thrust towards cooperation between science and technology to boost industrial competitiveness. Role of science and technology in the administration's economic plan; National Institute of Standards and Technology; Projects; Superconducting Super Collider; Partnerships between government and industry.

Reports on the environmental organization, the International Green Cross (IGC). Participation of Mikhail S. Gorbachev; Activities in Kyoto, Japan and the Hague; Gorbachev's interest in the IGC; Role of science in environmental activism; Analogy drawn by the IGC to the International Red Cross; Emphasis on developing international environmental law; Concept of value change.

Comments on the articles presented at November/December 2000 issue of 'The Science' journal. Views of United States presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore about science, technology and issues in which science plays a prominent role; Feasibility of the National Missile Defense system; Players' tactics in the TV program 'Survivor.'

Comments on the reasons why Native Americans are suspicious of archaeologists. Plunder of ancient burial mounds of Native Americans in the nineteenth century; Anti-intellectual bias of government agencies in favor of tribal demands.

Comments on the significance to scientific unity of the controversy over the magazine article `Why Men Rape,' by Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer, which proposes the theory that rape evolved as a way for some men to perpetuate their genes. Biological underpinnings of culture; Reductionism.

Presents views on political dimensions of environmental issues in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe with a brief reference to articles published in the November/December 1991 issue of 'The Science.' Influence of political crisis on nuclear decontamination process at Chernobyl, Russia; Conflict of interests between group of scientists and the defence establishment in the book review 'Inventing Accuracy.'

Introduces series of articles on science and technology published in the September 1991 issue of the journal 'The Sciences.' Discussion on computer virus in 'Friendly Coutagion,' by Fred Cohen; Description of physiological effect on circulatory system in 'Inner Currents,' by Michael LaBarbera.

Presents views on an approach that marks collaboration of art and science as reflected through articles published in the July/August 1991 issue of the journal 'The Sciences.' Reference to an article revealing effect of tectonic plate movements on the earth's mineral distribution; Essay on the relation between a vibrating cymbal and the quantum mechanics of chaos.

Presents information on topics related to scientific-research. Observation of animal behavior with the aim of ascribing mental state to them; Nomination of the science journal 'The Sciences,' for National Magazine Awards.

Focuses on the subject matter of different articles published in the March 1991 issue of the journal 'The Sciences.' Overview of the article, 'Canned Heat,' by Carl-Joehen Winter; Proposed expenditure of the U.S. Department of Energy on solar-hydrogen energy; By-products of burning hydrogen; Discussion about the formation of the universe.

Comments on the emergence of viruses such as HIV. Increase rate of infectious diseases; Implications of evolutionary biology; Complexities of the viral and bacterial environment.

Focuses on the Greek letter lambda, which was interpreted as the energy of the quantum vacuum. Introduction of an energy term into equations by Einstein; Proposition of a mechanism by Steven Carlip, a physicist at the University of California; Indepth look at quantum vacuum.

Looks at a way in which computers can speed through digital space, with reference to the pi. Reference to Yasumasa Kanada of the University of Tokyo Computer Center in Japan, holding the record at 51.5 billion decimal digits; Relation to a formula being founded by researchers in 1995; Further information on the pi and the use of computers.

Asserts the importance of teaching science in people's way of life. Tendency to make science something apart from the ordinary world of human commerce; Imparting `dumb down' science to the public; Support of some parts of the media for science by sanctifying it; Attack on science.

Presents the author's reflections on how the polio epidemic of the 1940s affected his family. Disabilities sustained by parents; Risks for post-polio syndrome; Worsening of symptoms.

Editorial. Presents the new cover design of `The Sciences' magazine by Daniel J. McClain. Reasons for altering the design; Decluttering of the table of contents; Adoption of the typeface called Bembo; Selection as the best magazine by the Society of National Association Publications (SNAP).

Exposes the inaccuracy of computer simulations using high quality random-number generators. Ising model; Computer algorithm; Results using less sophisticated generators.