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...only some 35,000 years after the birth of modern man?a brief interval on the evolutionary time scale?the arrow is pointing in a dramatic new direction. Not only has man begun to unlock the most fundamental life processes, but he may soon be able to manipulate and alter them?curing such killer diseases as cancer, correcting the genetic defects that account for perhaps 50% of all human ailments, lessening the ravages of old age, expanding the prowess of his mind and body. Says Caltech's Robert Sinsheimer, one of the architects of the biological revolution: "For the first...
Biologist Meselson argues that over the next few decades molecular biology will probably unlock the few remaining scientific secrets of life. The new knowledge could make the destructive capacity of chemical and biological agents immensely more horrible than it is today. Meselson insists that it would be better to be out of the business altogether, so that no war planner or procurement officer could ever be led into temptation...
Given the facts of penal bureaucracy and sheer ignorance, critics like Robison sometimes wonder whether the only rational solution is simply to unlock all jails and prisons, which clearly breed crime and hold only 5% of the nation's criminal population while costing far more to run than all the crimes committed by their inmates. Pessimism is well founded, but the encouraging sign is that few if any Americans defend the system as it is. From the President to the lowliest felon, the nation wants a humane system that truly curbs crime. This is the year of the prisons...
...tested in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles-to make New York taxis less tempting targets for holdup men. Sturdy, locked cashboxes will be welded to the frames of New York's 11,700 cabs. All fares will be promptly deposited in the boxes, which the drivers cannot unlock. There the money will remain until the boxes are opened at the taxi garage. Drivers will be encouraged to carry only about $5 in change and cab riders educated to have exact-or near-exact -amounts of money available to pay for their rides. Thus, according to proponents...
...installation of emergency locks on glass doors in University Hall I bore with good humor, even though the cost of the glass the anticipated invader would break in order to reach his hand through to unlock the lock was smaller than the cost of the lock itself. But bars on the window are another matter. In our office, they are screwed into years-old wood which would never withstand a good, strong kick, negating their effectiveness at the outset. The assumption that protestors would sneak in a basement window rather than march openly through normal entryways I also find offensive...