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The British Medical Association argues that its government's recipe for defence against nuclear attack is ineffectual. But we all knew that. The question remains of what to do.
European planetary scientists are up in arms for lack of spacecraft and their US colleagues are no better off. They should get together and decide what they want to do.
Classic textbooks bring renown to their authors, but students rarely read them. Walter Gratzer argues that publishers would do well to woo a new breed of textbook writer.