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The author reminisces his childhood experience in making paper airplanes and studying aeronautics. He says that he was able to make different paper airplanes when he was a child by reading origami books. He adds that his paper fighters came along when he began college at the University of California at Berkeley. He relates making paper airplanes with his life as a struggling aviator.

Information about several papers discussed at the International Association for Music Library (IAML) conference on various developments in music libraries, held on August 4 to 9, 2002 at the University of California in Berkeley, California is presented. Topics include the challenges faced by library projects and various issues of music librarianship. The conference featured several speakers including Jill Palmer of Alexander Turnbull Library and Roger Flury of the National Library in Wellington.

The article reports on the study led by Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton at the University of California, Berkeley which allowed the students to infer the examiner's view of women. The study asked 170 undergraduate females to take a written test. They had progressive decor such as overtly sexist posters of women and breast cancer awareness banner, or neutral objects such as a stack of papers. The study suggests that black people prefer overtly racist whites than with those who behave ambiguously.

Reports on the development of a technologically-advanced polymer that mimics litmus paper by the California-based Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory that can instantly detect microorganisms that cause disease. Features of the polymer; Customization of the polydiaccetylene film to target different microorganisms and their toxins; Testing of the polymer.

The article reports on a research paper from the University of California (UC) in Berkeley which claims that the health of workers are still at risk due to lead exposure despite progress of eliminating the problem. The authors of the paper indicate that there are nearly 3,000 workers in the state were reported to have blood lead levels between 5 and 39 times that of the average adult. According to the paper, exposure to low levels of lead are associated with chronic health effects.

Reports that Tom Bates, the mayor of Berkeley, California, has admitted to and has been fined for trashing the 'Daily Californian.' Free student paper of the University of California at Berkeley; Depositing newspaper copies into trash cans; Anger at the paper's endorsement of an election rival.

Around five exabytes (5 billion gigabytes) of information was created in 2002, up from around two exabytes in 1999, according to the latest "How Much Information?" survey produced by the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California in Berkeley. Overall, the amount of information being produced is growing by 30% a year. America is the single largest producer, producing around half of the new information on magnetic and optical media, and a third of the paper-based and film-based information. The researchers, led by Peter Lyman and Hal Varian, also estimated the volume of information flows through electronic channels, such as telephone calls, radio and television transmissions, and internet traffic.

Reports on the findings of researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Berkeley, California that duct tape does not last as long as is need for the life of many homes' duct systems. Result of a test on adhesiveness of duct tape reported in the magazine `Home Energy.'

Announces Berkeley Repertory Theater's Asian American Spring series of plays on March-July 1994 at Zellerbach Playhouse, University of California. Berkeley. Includes adaptations such as `The Woman and Warrior' and `China Men'; `Soundshape II: Ceramics, Water and Paper.'

The article focuses on the Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California and its collection of archaeological artifacts. The highlights of its collection are the artifacts from Tell en-Nasbeh in West Bank, Palestine. The measures taken by the museum to care for and conserve the objects on view in the gallery are discussed including the use of acid-free storage boxes. The challenges facing permanent exhibits are identified.