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...researchers are working on scientific solutions to the sticky scourge. Graciela Padua, a food scientist at the University of Illinois, in Urbana, has developed a biodegradable gum made of zein, a corn derivative. It's costly to make but doesn't adhere to surfaces. And its flavor? "It tastes plain," Padua admits, "but you can blow big bubbles." --By Jeremy Caplan
...China's leaders feel about him? They like the fact that he's a career civil servant. "After Tung, Beijing prefers a man with experience in government," says Ma Ngok, a political scientist at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Beijing also prefers someone who won't rock the boat. Tsang, a lifelong bureaucrat trained to follow rather than give orders, fits the bill. Indeed, during a press conference last week, he repeatedly stressed how important stability was to Hong Kong. Moreover, with Tsang at the helm, at least the fa?ade is maintained of a Hong Kong person...
...Peddling Nuclear Secrets I was disappointed by your doomsday-style investigative reporting on nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, who is under house arrest for selling Pakistan's nuclear secrets [Feb. 14]. Why not give your readers an alternative picture? Please try to understand: Pakistan is a country surrounded by problematic neighbors. We need our nukes to keep India quiet. We need to build economic ties with Iran for our mutual benefit. We need market access, scholarships, easy visas to other countries and technical know-how. Pakistanis have paid dearly for assisting the U.S. and the world community, first during the Afghan...
It’s not every day that a scientist reads about his own death in the newspaper...
...important thing is to figure out in some measure what is in the hearts of students. If they are preoccupied by war, then read books about war. The kinds of programs that are the best for me bring together the various disciplines. You would hear what the scientist has to argue with the philosopher and the poet about the place of modern science against philosophy, against religion. These would be the places where the physicists have to think about Kant and Hegel, not just Einstein; where the social scientists consider what is a good society as well as polls...