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2008

The pros and cons of physicists and copyright

Peer Review at the Physical Review

Nuclear Forensics

Physics Tomorrow

A Physicist for President?

The Highest Aim of the Physicist

2007

Boosting America's energy security requires multi‑front effort, new thinking

The "Curse of Knowledge," or why intuition about teaching often fails

Exploring science education in Pakistan

Reflections on APS and the Evolution of Physics

The Violence of Our Knowledge: On Higher Education and Peace Making

The Strange Tale of the Hafnium Bomb: A Personal Narrative

Climate Change is All About Energy

The human dimension is key to controlling proliferation of WMDs

The Embargo Should Go

The Future of Science is Open (Access)

Sound Science or Sound Bite?

2006

A conversation with Steve Chu and Steve Koonin about the road to energy security.

The Mother (Nature) of All Wars? Modern Wars, Global Terrorism, and Complexity Science

Meeting Our Long-Term Energy Needs Through Federal R&D

Containing Nuclear Proliferation

Charting the Course for Elementary Particle Physics

US Nuclear Threat Can Enhance Stability

Welcome to the Blogosphere

When Worldviews Collide: Science and Religion Face off Again

Congressman Frank Wolf on competing in a 21st century world.

Changing the climate... of public opinion.

The role and promise of physics education research

2005

Intrigues in work collectives: the story of MentorNet

Physics for Development in Africa

Intelligent Design: The new creationism threatens all of science and society.

Looking back and looking forward for the APS

Making the Case for University Research

Senator Jeff Bingaman on maintaining America's competitive edge.

Einstein, Ethics and the Atomic Bomb

Publications and the Internet: Where Next?

Why Johnny Can't Vote

Remembering M. Hildred Blewett

Outreach is an Orphan.

2004

Rebuilding Science in Iraq, One Scientist at a Time

Remembering Oppenheimer: The Teacher, the Man.

Cultural Divide May Imperil Lab's Survival

Navigating Challenges in a Rapidly Changing World

Illicit Trafficking of Weapons-Usable Nuclear Material

Science, Government, and the Public Interest

The Blood-Red Sky of Munch's "The Scream"

Physicists and traffic flow

'Dirty Bombs': The Threat Revisited.

The Impact of Current Visa Restrictions on National Security

Albert Einstein on his 70th birthday.

2003

Energy Department Releases 20-year Plan for New Facilities

Oversupply, Undersupply: Can We Ever Get Workforce Issues Right?

Standing on the Knife-Edge: The Leadership Imperative

Underground Science: The US Effort to Create a Deep Underground Laboratory

Superconductivity at 93K in a New Mixed-Phase Y-Ba-Cu-O Compound System

Far-Sighted or Foolish? The 20th anniversary of ''A Nation at Risk''

The Science of Harry Potter

Can Title IX Do for Women In Science and Engineering What It Has Done for Women In Sports?

An American Physicist Visits Birzeit University

The University and the Laboratory: Can the Marriage Be Saved? UC/Los Alamos Leaders weigh in on the recent controversies.

Speeding up the Long Slow Path to Change

Science, Uncertainty and Risk: The Problem of Complex Phenomena

2002

Tell the Truth About Particle Physics

Ken Krane on what makes for a thriving undergraduate physics program.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell explores the role of science in foreign policy.

Physics in Cuba: Partnerships and A Personal Perspective

Land mines an explosive issue that requires physicists' help.

Reflections on the American Physical Society in 2002

Reviewing the status of Black physicists at the DOE labs.

Physics, Homeland Security and the Justice System

The Role of Science in the National War on Terrorism

Daniel Greenberg on science, money and politics.

Galileo and Perspective: The Art of Renaissance Science

2001

Rep. Sherwood Boehlert on why research, education funding must remain federal priorities.

Unity of Physics in Action: Voices from Around the World

Jim Tsang and Craig Davis: It Takes a Real Community to Keep Physics Healthy

T.K. Rogers on the view of physics from high school.

Lawrence B. Lindsey outlines the Bush Administration’s approach to energy, economic growth and environmental preservation.

Science Education is Not Just for Scientists

APS past President James S. Langer calls for APS meetings reform.

The Mathematics of One Person, One Vote

To Pledge or Not to Pledge: An Oath for Scientists?

Physics, Power and Defense in the 21st Century

The New Security Environment

2000

Vermeer's Camera

Stephen Brush on Creationism versus Physical Science.

DOE Office of Science, APS Membership Share Funding Goals

National Missile Defense - Too Important to Rush

Copernicus and the Aesthetic Impulse

David Goodstein on where physics education ought to be headed.

Top twenty technological screw-ups of the 20th century.

The Imprisonment of Dr. Wen Ho Lee

David Moncton on the policy battles around the SNS.

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and US National Security

Is there unconscious discrimination against women in physics?

1999

Roger Highfield on the physics of Christmas.

Balancing National Security Concerns with Scientific Openness

Newly elected New Jersey Congressman Rush Holt explains why in Washington, "facts are negotiable."

W.K.H. Panofsky discusses the role of nuclear weapons after the Cold War

Physics and the Information Revolution

Freeman J. Dyson explores the science and politics of climate

Authorship credit-Eugen Tarnow discusses results of a recent survey of junior physicists on authorship credit.

Discovering Our Roots: The PhD Lineage Contest Winners

DFD and DPF's annual meetings; GEC now a DAMOP meeting.

The Future of Graduate Education: The Next 25 Years

A summary of a POPA report on Physics, Technology, and Economic Growth.

1998

Charles Duke of Xerox shares his strategies for getting value from industrial R&D.

Congressman Vernon Ehlers talks about his new science policy report: Unlocking Our Future.

Adventures of a Scientist in TV Land

Senator Bill First discusses the importance of science and technology.

Readers respond to Priscilla Auchincloss' May Back page article on Physics and Feminism.

Frank Franz offers his perspective on how to fix academic tenure.

Physics and Feminism

Thoughts on Science, Technology, and Human Well-Being in the Next Fifty Years

Resources for Science and Technology: Investments in America's Future

Liquidating the Cold War: Progress of the HEU Deal

Post Modern Culturalism and Scientific Illiteracy

1997

Doctoral Education: Preparing for the Future

NSF Is Still Making Key Investments in Science and Technology

Points of Derailment: The Making of a Female Physicist

Reforming Graduate Education in the Sciences

The Four Guideposts of Science

Globalization of Technology Poses Challenges for Policymakers

Scientists will Build the Bridge to the 21st Century

Results of the APS Physics Limerick Contest!

Debunking Some Myths of Physics Departments, Students and Employment

Science, Politics, and Human Rights: Lessons Learned from Russia

1996

Is Science a Victim of its own Success?

An Alien Ate my Laundry: The Decline of Reason in the Age of Science

The Current Energy Situation: Federal Role Remains Important

A collection of science-related cartoons.

The Future of the National Labs

Universities and Government - A Shared Commitment

Formulating a Cohesive Science Budget Policy

Resources and Population: A Wager

Cold War Human Radiation Experiments: A Legacy of Distrust

Looking Ahead: It's Time To Defend All of Scientific Research

1995

What Has Happened to Research at Industrial Laboratories?

A collection of his favorite science-skewering cartoons by Sid Harris.

A Changing Environment for Graduate Programs in Science

Is this the End of the Endless Frontier for Science?

Clinton Administration Priorities Hurt Fundamental Science

Mass Destruction Terrorism No Longer Just Theoretical

Current Science Research in the High School Science Classroom