Rebottling the nuclear genie

Article Abstract:

Senior Scientist Thomas B. Cochran of the Natural Resources Defense Council is on a campaign to lessen America's reliance on nuclear weapons. Cochran's strategy involves illustration of the effects of different war scenarios so as to provide information on ways of aiming new arsenal campaigns.

Political activity, Natural Resources Defense Council, Cochran, Thomas B.

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Out of food?

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The discovery of hominid fossils and primitive tools at Atapuerca, Spain, lends new evidence to support the theory of Carl Swisher and Garnis Curtis, which proposes that Homo erectus evolved in Asia rather than in Africa. The artifacts are believed to be at least 780,000 years old.

Prehistoric peoples, Pithecanthropus erectus, Homo erectus

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A troubled homecoming

Article Abstract:

Rockefeller University Pres David Baltimore resigned in early Dec 1991, after assuming the position in 1990. Baltimore's appointment had been opposed by a majority of the faculty because of his involvement in a controversy over research ethics.

Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Ethical aspects, Baltimore, David, Rockefeller University

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