Author describes the major works of Louis Pasteur. (PS)

The demographics of academic science are changing with the increase in the number of doctoral level researchers who are excluded from the traditional faculty tenure track, but hold research posts on open-ended terms. (Author/BB)

Summarizes events of a conference on evolutionary biology in Chicago entitled: "Macroevolution." Reviews the theory of modern synthesis, a term used to explain Darwinism in terms of population biology and genetics. Issues presented at the conference are discussed in detail. (CS)

The Gordon Research Conferences were established to stimulate research in universities, research foundations, and industrial laboratories. The topics for the conferences are listed as well as the locations and scheduled presentations at each conference. (CS)

Reports the outcome of a meeting in which 21 of the world's more prominent scientists and philosophers of science attempted to analyze the creative process in science and medicine and explore ways in which scientific creativity might be taught. (JR)

Discusses current concerns and criticisms relating to the leadership and policies of the National Institutes of Health. (JR)

Extremely productive researchers tend to have a larger number of informal contacts with other scientists than do most members of their specialty. (AL)

Discusses new experiments that are being designed to solve the solar neutrino problem and determine the power source of the sun. (HM)

Describes a recent move of scientists and university administrators in Japan to allow external peer review in an effort to convince government bureaucrats that Japan's academic research is up to world standards and therefore deserves more money. (ZWH)

Describes the facilities provided to Fellows at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. The Center's early development and growth is reviewed. Interviews with several Fellows are reported. The author comments on the expected role of the Center in the 1970's. (LC)

Comments on the personalities and viewpoints of Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson, paleoanthropologists who hold differing views on the origin of humans. Summarizes major paleoanthropological finds and suggests the use of radio-immunoassay techniques for untangling the human family tree. (JN)

An account of the activities and role of the Scientific and Technical Association of the People's Republic of China (STAPRC) is presented by the chairman of the organization. (SA)

Describes recent research by Edward Steele appearing to support the Lamarckian theory of inheritance. Steele suggests that a mutant somatic cell favored by the environment will undergo clonal expansion. Altered genetic materials from these cells is then picked up by C-type viruses and inserted into the germ line genome. (CS)