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FAS Public Interest Report
The Journal of the Federation of American Scientists
Spring 2005
Volume 58, Number 2
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Founder of FAS and Manhattan Project Veteran Dies at 89

by Priscilla McMillan
Philip Morrison, a founder and former President of FAS, died on 22 April 2005 at the age of 89. He was a brilliant writer, author of more than 1,500 book reviews for Scientific American, and an incandescent speaker on topics ranging from the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence to control of nuclear weapons. More...


The Future of DOE Labs

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) system of national laboratories has been a critical part of the nation’s security and civilian research infrastructure for more than 60 years. But the world in which the laboratories operate has been fundamentally transformed. More...

The Virtual Patient - An Innovative Training Simulation

On June 27 – 28, The Learning Federation brought together educational researchers, medical practitioners and video game developers for a workshop to discuss trends in simulation –based education and training programs in medicine and how best to make these learning systems easier to build. More...


Attention FAS Members

In our continuing effort to provide the FAS community with timely articles about national security policy, learning technologies and other areas of science and technology policy, we are inviting members to submit proposals for articles (maximum of 1,000 words). Selection of articles is at the discretion of the Editor and completed articles will be peer-reviewed.

Please provide us with your full mailing address, including email in all correspondence.

Proposals should be sent to:
Editor, PIR, Federation of American Scientists, 1717 K Street, NW, Suite 209, Washington, DC 20036, or to press@fas.org.

A House That Pleases Home Buyers, Builders and Environmentalists

by Vicki Wolf

Construction will soon begin on a unique environmental housing project developed by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) and the Citizens League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN). More...

Staff Update

Board of Directors Meeting - 10 June 2005

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