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Issues

Volume 7, Issue 2

July 1, 2022

July 1, 2022

Review Essays

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Astronomy

A First Year of Discovery

Casey Papovich

[short_description] As one of the scientists who will be using the James Webb Space Telescope, Casey Papovich examines how the Webb may answer deep questions about exoplanets and the formation of the first galaxies.

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Biology

Bacterial Swimming

Nicholas Taylor

[short_description] Bacterial motility is powered by the rotation of its filaments, or flagella. Over the past fifty years, imaging advances have allowed the piecing together of the flagellar motor’s organization.

Letters to the Editors

######### Card Letter *XXX* ######### On the Feasibility of Fusion Energy

Ian Hutchinson

[short_description] The conditions needed for fusion to occur are known. But terrestrial controlled fusion energy production remains, nevertheless, extremely difficult and potentially impracticable.

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Maury Markowitz

[short_description] Saying magnetic confinement fusion is closer to a power plant than is inertial confinement fusion—it’s like saying a 20-foot ladder is closer to landing you on the moon than is a 10-foot ladder.

######### Card Letter *XXX* ######### Understanding the Chances for Life

Robin Hanson

[short_description] Does the fact that advanced life has appeared on Earth imply analogous chances for other planets? Robin Hanson shows two different relations between such chances. With reply by Charles Lineweaver.

######### Card Letter *XXX* ######### Imperial Rivalries

Michael Khodarkovsky

[short_description] Henry Rawlinson’s translation of the Behistun Inscription is part of a larger story of empire and imperial rivalries. The fascinating life of the double-agent Jan Witkiewicz adds an intriguing footnote.

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