April 2004 Feature Articles

Funding Soars for Weaponry in U.S. Budget

Missile defenses top U.S. budget request, but it isn't quite the bonanza that it appears

Bush Administration's "Science" Is Under Fire

A "pattern of suppression and distortion of scientific findings [is found] across numerous federal agencies"

A Better Way of Making Blue Laser Diodes?

Sharp's new technique could bypass the intellectual property problems of the standard manufacturing procedure

Cellphones Pose No Gas Station Hazard

Would You Have A Neural Implant?

Spectral Lines

Slicing the Ham From the Spam

The Solution was Sake

Strange ingredients make a better loudspeaker

The Whistle-blower's Dilemma

Speaking out may be the ethical thing to do, but too often it comes at a steep price

The Illusion of Web Privacy

Nowadays, on the Internet, everyone knows if you're a dog