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  1. 18988

    I was disappointed to see Science News depart from its usual objective reporting to cite an antinuclear propagandist as sole authority on the “dangers” of nuclear waste. The Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) is a single-issue political action group. Such organizations have a right to exist, but they should be identified as such in […]

    By Science News
  2. Humans

    Official chooses Nevada for nuclear waste

    On Jan. 10, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham notified Nevada's Governor Kenny Guinn by telephone that he intends to recommend that southwestern Nevada's Yucca Mountain site serve as the nation's long-term geological depository for high-level nuclear waste.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Math

    Computers by the Trillions

    The notion of using molecules as the working elements of a computer goes back several decades.