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A contribution to Canada's nuclear debate has come from the head of the Science Council of Canada. David Spurgeon reports from Ottawa

A new lobbying organisation concerned with global scientific environmental and social issues was established in the United States last week. Colin Norman reports from Washington

International trade in nuclear technology was a key issue at the 20th annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held in Rio de Janeiro last month. Bruce Handler reports from Brazil

Arie Zuckerman offers this brief on some of the diseases now attracting broad attention

Andrew M. Sessler, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) at the University of California, Berkeley, responds here to the assessment of LBL carried by Nature (August 12, page 528)

Nechemia Meyers assesses the opportunities for Soviet scientists arriving in Israel

Robert Adelstein participated in the Moscow Seminar earlier this year. Here he describes his experience

Why do so many Soviet scientists become dissidents and refusniks? Vera Rich considers the question

Yevgeny Levich describes the complex procedure involved in obtaining permits for travel abroad

A long-awaited report on the environmental effects of halocarbons was published in the United States last week. Colin Norman and Chris Sherwell report from Washington.