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Reports that Marxist-Leninism is dead are exaggerated, even dangerous. Mr Mikhail Gorbachev may be on the way to shedding some of the party's power, but he still needs its help.
Many Japanese companies are keen to recruit foreign scientists, and as employers they have much to offer. More researchers should take up the opportunities available for work in Japan.
The most demanding art form in the business is that of replying in print to criticism of work already published. By demonstration, practitioners of all disciplines seem to have arrived at similar techniques.
This week's focus on scientific software features a program for protein and DNA sequence analysis, a 3-D graphics program and software to ease your way through complex mathematical problems.
