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Reports that a group of researchers from the United States are compiling a computerized atlas of the human brain. Requirements; Six different ways to photograph the brain.

Reports on scientists' discovery that the collection of fossils from pre-humans known as Peking man is at least 100,000 years older than previously believed. Series of revised ages for pre-human fossils; Changes in the technique for determining the age of limestone cave deposits; Discovery of Peking man's remains in 1921; Deposits at Zhoukoudian in Beijing, China.

Relates the exploits of Paul Mayewski, glaciologist, and his team on the frozen cores of the Antartica region. Details of Mayeski's activities on the West Antartica Ice Sheet; Mayewski's objective in travelling to the Antartica; Details on the Antartica's ice fields; Analysis of the evolution and the climate; Comments by Mayewski about his progress. INSET: Tales the ice tells..

Reports on the effects of the budget deadlock on National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist (NASA) and the Galileo mission. Reasons for the Galileo mission; Scientist not allowed to make findings of Galileo mission to public; Comments from Galileo mission director, Neal E. Ausman.

Reports on the discovery of a fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur, known as an oviraptor, nesting on its eggs. Graphic testimony on the origin of the brooding behavior of birds; Where was the fossil found; Comment from a numbers of persons including Mark A. Norell of the American Museum.

Presents information on an earthquake along the San Andreas fault in Southern California which would occur in 30 years from 1995, according to an announcement by scientists. Effect on high-rise buildings; Comments from Ralph J. Archuleta, seismologist at UC Santa Barbara; Findings reported.

Focuses on the work done by the Getty Conservation Institute in the preservation of a unique trail of footprints in volcanic ash, located in Tanzania. Charting of the realm of cultural conservation; How various researchers believe the footprints should be preserved; What the footprints say about the evolution of mankind. INSET: Preserving prints..

Reports on the different views of scientists and researchers pertaining to earthquakes experienced in California and other places in the world. Comments by University of California at Los Angeles earthquake expert, David D. Jackson; Status of geological record of past earthquake behaviour. INSET: Stressful situation, by Michael Hall..

Looks at the discovery of the master gene responsible for flowering of trees, by the scientists at Salk Institute for Biological Studies and at UC San Diego. Details about the research on accelerating the flowering of plants.

Focuses on the electronic archives at Washington University which is a supposedly the world's largest public computerized information source. Advantages and disadvantages of electronic archives; Description of the archives; Opinion of some experts on the same. INSET: Building the virtual library..

Reports on the findings by climate authority Peter deMenocal at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory which throws light over the deep connection between the African climate and origin of human. Details; Relevance of the findings in light of increasing depletion of the protective ozone layers of the Earth.

Informs the findings of National Institutes of Health about how hereditary affects breast and ovarian cancer. Vulnerability of Jewish Women of European origin to the same; Details of the findings.

Informs the findings of National Institutes of Health about how hereditary affects breast and ovarian cancer. Vulnerability of Jewish Women of European origin to the same; Details of the findings.

Reports on the four million years old bones of ancestral human species discovered by scientists from Lake Turkana, Kenya. Information on the fossils unveiled by the scientists of US and Kenya on August 16, 1995; The features of the discovered species called `Australopithecus anamensis'; The debate over the fundamental roots of the human family tree and other issues.

Reports that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, American weapons experts are collaborating in non-military research projects with bombmakers they tried to thwart. History of division between American and Russian nuclear weapons experts; Comments from Los Alamos physicist Irvin R. Lindemith; Joint research between United States and Russian weapon scientist; Concerns of plant officials; More. INSET: How to disarm a Superpower..

Focuses on Leonard Adleman a distinguished scientist. His demonstration to the world research community; What experts are saying about his works with DNA molecules; Comments from Adleman. INSETS: Earthwatch: A diary of the planet.;Science in brief.;On the Internet.;The gene machine.

Cites a report in the journal `Science' indicating that genetic evidence point to a common ancestor for all men. Origins of modern humanity; Comments of Yale University biologist Robert L. Dorit; Sharing by all humans of the same genetic makeup.

Reports that researchers Raul Cano and Monica Borucki brought back to life dormant prehistoric bacteria. Preservation of bacteria inside an insect trapped in sap of flowering tree; Insights into pace of evolution.

Reports that a group of religious leaders from a broad spectrum of faiths will be holding a news conference on May 18, 1996 in Washington, D.C. calling for a halt to the patenting of human and animal genes for profit. Unusual nature of this united resolve; Biotech companies' defense of this issue; Remarks from medical ethicists and legal experts on the move by religious leaders.

Reports on the discovery of an underground tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings in which may lie buried 50 sons of the Pharaoh Ramses II. Egyptologist Kent Weeks' comments on his team's discovery; Details of the discovery.

Reports on development of the United States public health and social policies according to culture. Comments from Leonard Lieberman, anthropologist at Central Michigan University; Information on tradition racial problems in the states; Details on International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological sciences; Establishment of scientific investigation. INSETS: What's race got to do with it?.;Official racial definitions have shifted..., Robert Lee Hotz..

Presents information from research which shows the impact of estrogen on the brain. How estrogen can relieve symptoms of Alzheimer's disease; Comments from estrogen expert C. Dominique Toran-Allerand; What other studies have shown about the link between estrogen and the brain.

Reports that the Society for Neuroscience is attempting to alter some viruses so that they can be used to help combat neurological disorders. Disorders which may be treated using this method; Belief that viruses are good for transporting genes; Details on experiments carried out; Information on Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation. INSET: Making viruses beneficial..

Comments on the discovery of a piece of human jaw and a collection of stone tools and fossil mammal bones in Ethiopia. Estimated age of the discoveries; Significance of the findings; How they may help scientists further trace the origins of man; Uncertainty as to which primitive human species the jaw belongs.

Reports that an experimental drug has been found to improve human memory according to researchers from University of California (UC) at Irvine. Patients this drug will be tested on early in 1997; Information on this drug; Comments made by UC Irvine neuroscientist, Gary Lynch.

Presents information about the discovery of chemical traces in sediments by scientists, which suggests that life on Earth began earlier than previously thought. Where the discovery was made; What the discovery could imply about primordial microbes; Comments from scientists.

Presents information on the earth's animal kingdom. Possibility of the animal kingdom existing longer than was believed; When it is suggested to have begun; Reference to the Cambrian explosion; Comments from evolutionary biologist Geerat Vermeij. INSETS: The dawn of animals, by Rob Hernandez Vicky McCargar.;Evolution is more than a theory..., by Larry B. Stammer..

Reports on the use of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imager which allows the brain to be caught in the act of thinking. Use of the device to explore the source of human consciousness; Mode of operation; Various disorders associated with human thinking. INSETS: A look inside, by Presents various brain photographs.;Special Internet site..

Describes the growth of the human brain. Neural migration; Assumption of adult form of the brain; Aging brain; Release of chemicals promoting neural growth; Brain processes.

Part I. Discusses the crucial stages of human brain development in the first three years of age according to a research. Ability of the brain to overcome severe physical trauma; Facts about the human brain; Recovery from extensive neurosurgery; Other discoveries about brain development. INSET: Watching the brain at work..

Presents an interview with Chicago, Illinois-based Wolfram Research Inc. founder Stephen Wolfram. Reasons for developing the computer software Mathematica; Balancing the demands of a software developer and commitment to scientific work; Importance of patents and copyrights.

Reports on La Jolla, California-based Scripps Research Institute oceanographers' use of underwater sound to monitor ocean warming. Environmental activists' protest against the project; Suspension of the project; Background on the institute's Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) project. INSET: Safe and sound?..

Discusses the findings of research conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, San Francisco, which show the difference between concious memory and nonconcious memory learning abilities. Information on other research into the same topic; How this may help researchers discover how the brain learns and remembers. INSET: The human memory systems..

Reports on the first system to project true three-dimensional color images, which allows persons to view the same full-color animated moving picture from any angle, developed by a Stanford University researcher. Previous attempts made by other researchers to create the illusion of a three-dimensional picture; Technique the invention demonstrates; Comments from Guy Marlor, physicist and chief scientist at West End Partners Imaging in Fremont, California. INSET: How true 3-D works..

Reports from a researcher at the University of California (UC) Santa Barbara on August 28th, 1996, that a species of butterfly was being driven north through California to escape rising temperatures. Detailed information on the Edith's checkerspot butterfly; Survey of 151 locations throughout western North America; Findings of Camille Parmesan of the university's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. INSET: Fleeing the heat..

Focuses on the consequences of the growing complexity of technological civilizations. Impact of computer system failures on everyday activities; Eventual global problems resulting from isolated technology problems; Comments from technology experts.

Reports on a longer growing season in the Northern Hemisphere that researchers are attributing to global warming. Increase in amount of vegetation in certain regions by a fifth since the mid-1970s; Rise in temperatures due to level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; Scientists' statement condemning steps to reduce global warming.

Reports that British researchers in Antarctica have mapped a unfrozen lake that lies directly below Russia's Vostok research base in East Antarctica. Researchers' suspicion that the lake water may harbor an ancient trove of living bacteria, viruses and simple plants; Size of the lake buried 2 1/2 miles beneath the ice of the coldest spot on Earth; Implications of the discovery for the Russian Antarctic program.

Focuses on the effects of small traces of chemical pollutants on brain development. Properties of the chemicals; Effects of the chemicals' ability to mimic human and animal hormones.

Reports that the remains of two large carnivorous dinosaurs have been unearthed from the Sahara. Clues that the fossils can reveal about the continental drift.

Focuses on the atmospheric and weather changes brought about by global warming. Includes shifting tree lines; Dying coral reefs in the Caribbean; Melting of alpine glaciers.

Reports on a National Science and Technology Council panel of experts' call for steps to correct critical health, safety and environmental problems at the United States South Pole Station in Antarctica. Importance of the research program conducted by the National Science Foundation; Site as a unique vantage point from which to study Earth; Continued operation of three main United States bases in the Antarctic.

Reports that Ann M. Muscat and her colleagues are concentrating on developing 200 science demonstrations, to fill the exhibit space at the California Science Center. Details on the types of exhibits that will be displayed; Center's replacement of the Los Angeles Coliseum; Development of the exhibit plans; Remarks from Alan Friedman, director of the New York Hall of Science.

States that earthquake authority and geologist, Clifford Thurber predicted four moderate earthquakes to occur in Central California. Possibility of researchers giving advance notice of devastating shudders in the earth; Method used by Thurber to predict earthquakes.

Reports on the amount of `orbiting man-made debris' that can be found in space. Shuttle, `Endeavour's' near collision with satellite; Intensification of problem with orbital debris despite preventive measures; Ongoing battle with space pollution. INSET: Tossed in space..

Reports that genetically engineered plants designed to withstand herbicides can pass the new genes to nearby weeds according to a team of Danish researchers. Importance of reviewing each new genetically engineered plant variety; Necessity for monitoring altered crops; Examples of new crops genetically modified.

Reports on the threat of budget cuts to the United States South Pole station. Overcrowding at the pole; History of the polar station; Commitment of the US to Antarctic research.

Focuses on the ultimate survivors of the Antarctica, the emperor penguins. Information on the emperors' underwater behavior; Details on a glass observation chamber opened by a field biologist from La Jolla called, Gerald Kooyman; Background information on the lives of the emperors; What Kooyman, a University of California research professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is seeking to understand about the penguins. INSETS: Following the Emperor penguin.;Penguin facts..

Reports on research carried out at the University of California at Los Angeles, which concludes that the partnership between human beings and dogs dates back to over 100,000 years. Humanity's first civilized act on the road to modernity; Origin of dogs.

Reports that scientists and researchers in the United States are investigating the origin of life. Efforts of scientists to reconstruct the chemistry of creation.