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Casper Schuuring reports from Holland on the latest Dutch commitment to space research and astronomy

Wendy Barnaby reports from Stockholm on proposals to reform Sweden's Research Councils

Colin Norman in Washington reports on the proposals for research and development in Mr Ford's third and final budget

Keith Runcorn and Paul Coleman describe plans for a major new effort in exploration and urge more European cooperation

Vera Rich reports on the fate of dissident Soviet scientists in light of the recent release of Vladimir Bukovskii.

An earthquake struck Gemona di Friuli, Italy, last May. Nick Ambraseys assesses its impact

Nicholas Maxwell, of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at University College, London, offers this comment on the current state of the art

The staff of La Recherche report from Paris on the funding for research in France in 1977

Casper Schuuring reviews a troubled year for nuclear power in the Netherlands

David Spurgeon reports from Ottawa on recent nuclear developments in Canada

Vladimir Bukovskii, the dissident Soviet biologist released after years in and out of prison and psychiatric hospitals, answers questions from Vera Rich