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ON THE COVER:
The Tandem Mirror Experiment (TMX) in construction in the late 1970s. Photo courtesy of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; cover design by Alan Yue.
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SCIENCE FOR LEGISLATORS
Is the Fear of Radiation Constitutional? Laurence Hecht
A primer to help the present majority of
misinformed policymakers and citizens to
learn the truth about radiation, and the wonderful
power for good that it holds out for mankind.
Thoughts on Fusion Energy Development After a Six-Decades-Long Love Affair Richard F. Post
A fusion pioneer reviews 60 years of fusion history, and proposes the axisymmetric tandem mirror as a fast track to achieving ignition with magnetic confinement fusion, bypassing some of the problems with large tokamaks.
INTERVIEW: RICHARD F. POST
A Fusion Pioneer Talks About Fusion
And How to Get There
Nuclear power is essential for the United States to recover from the ongoing breakdown crisis and become economically productive again.
Laser Fusion: ‘Yes We Can’ Laurence Hecht
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With DDT Spraying, Malaysia Can Show the World How to Control Dengue Mohd Peter Davis
A Malaysian scientist proposes a pilot project to test a program using DDT to control dengue.
The True Story of DDT Przemyslaw Mastalerz
A chemist looks at the voluminous scientific literature, and concludes that DDT is not hazardous to human health.