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The article offers information on the enigma of the aerodynamic lift and also discusses why planes stay in air. Topics discussed include what generates the aerodynamic force known as lift; views of John D. Anderson, Junior curator of aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum, on issue; and also mentions that the Bernoulli's theorem attempts to explain lift as a consequence of the curved upper surface of an airfoil, the technical name for an airplane wing.

In February 2003, as the United States prepared to rid Iraq of its mythical weapons of mass destruction, it also began the process of dismantling its own, real biological-weapons plant […]

"Nanotechnology" promises endless abundance - courtesy of molecule-manipulating robots. Is that nuts? And do we want it? On June 26, 1992, at exactly 9:30 in the morning, K. Eric Drexler […]

The article presents information about synthetic biology and the possibility of human cellular immortality, noting HeLa cells, so named because they were taken from an African American cervical cancer patient named Henrietta Lacks who died in 1951, can be kept alive in a laboratory setting indefinitely. Longevity in jellyfish and human life expectancy are discussed.

The article profiles Harvard Medical School genetics professor George M. Church and his projects. Church invented an automated genome sequencing machine that drastically reduced the price of genome mapping. This makes possible his Personal Genome Project (PGP), which aims to sequence the genomes of 100,000 people to encourage the field of personalized medicine. Church is also interested in techniques of reprogramming DNA, including his multiplex automated genome engineering (MAGE) methods.

The article focuses on the various residences and workplaces occupied by the physicist Albert Einstein. Accounts of several noteworthy locations are given, including his home in Bern Switzerland, his vacation spot in Caputh, Germany, and his office in Princeton, New Jersey. The reverence given to the places by tourists and scientists alike is also discussed.

Byline: George Church and Ed Regis Matt Manley for The Chronicle Review The idea of improving the human species has always had an enormously bad press, stemming largely from the [...]

We eradicated smallpox once. Will we have to do it again? SCOURGE The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox. By Jonathan B. Tucker. 291 pp. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. [...]

Great books for the biological century In the November 1995 issue of REASON ('Biology 2001'), Gregory Benford declared the end of the era of physics and the coming of the [...]

The Arcanum The Extraordinary True Story. By Janet Gleeson. 324 pp. New York: Warner Books. $23. On Nov. 28, 1701, Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, [...]

THE UNITED STATES AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE Secrets From the Early Cold War and Korea. By Stephen Endicott and Edward Hagerman. Illustrated. 274 pp. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. $29.95. On March [...]