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The Clinton administration blinked and a small group of arch-conservatives dealt an unexpected blow to the Chemical Weapons Convention. The treaty has its weaknesses, but it merits greater faith in its strengths.
Must general relativity finally bow to quantum mechanics? Calculations that describe black-hole properties using collections of superstrings have gone some way towards resolving one of the most vexing puzzles in physics.
