Laser show: critics charge that the Pentagon's antisatellite laser test could set a dangerous precedent
Article Abstract:
Critics of the US' antisatellite laser maintain that the failed test of the US could force other countries to speed up their antisatellite weapons development and Sen Tom Harkin maintains that the antisatellite tests are 'unnecessary and provocative'.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Faith-based reasoning
Article Abstract:
Editorial given on the reaction from the scientific community to the missile defense policy of the United States in regards to the Kyoto Protocol.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Curiosity rhymed the cat
Article Abstract:
Hundreds of responses in the form of limericks were received to the request for help in understanding Schrodinger and his famous cat.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Designer tissues take hold. Uncovering threats to the ozone layer brings rewards. New dynamic duo: PET, MRI, joined for the first time
- Abstracts: Will UV lasers beat the blues. Laser is a a guiding light for atoms
- Abstracts: Driven up a tree; botanist Margaret D. Lowman opened up the tops of the rain forest for science. Six billion and counting
- Abstracts: The $13-billion man; why the head of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute could be the most powerful individual in biomedicine
- Abstracts: A decision making framework for software total quality management. Managing the concurrent development of large-scale software systems