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The confessions of a retired Russian spymaster make sensational charges of disloyalty against a generation of nuclear physicists now dead, and unable to answer for themselves.
The 80 million people of Mexico are looking to 1994 (and NAFTA) to signal full membership of the international community. The assassination last month of a presidential candidate is a set-back, but need not be a huge one. This survey of science in Mexico shows that the foundations have been laid for continued improvement.
The announcement of the probable discovery of the top quark at Fermilab in the United States is a landmark in the history of particle physics, but an expected one. It would be enlivening if the next were unexpected.
