Margaret A. Berger and Lawrence M. Solan (Brooklyn): The Uneasy Relationship between Science and Law. From Spectrum, G. Pascal Zachary on why engineers must try to save the world — and scientists also should heed the messianic impulse; and Henry Petroski on how engineering is not science — and confusing the two keeps us from solving the problems of the world. How to buck up the science ladies: Amanda Schaffer on an easy way to boost women's scores in physics. From The Science Creative Quarterly, an article on science's best jokers. A look at five of science history's most bizarre hoaxes and delusions. A look at 5 famous scientists dismissed as morons in their time. An excerpt from They Called Me Mad: Genius, Madness and the Scientists Who Pushed the Limits of Knowledge by John Monahan. From Popular Science, a look at five contests that recognize the science achievements of the everyman. Campaigns against "inconvenient" science can succeed in sowing doubt — and nothing works quite like playing the man and not the ball. An interview with Adam Hart-Davis on popular science. Stephen Hawking’s radical philosophy of science: Is Hawking right to claim that reality is dependent on the model used to describe it? (and more on God's equations) David Berreby on political orgasms and the scientific method. Evolving the scientific method: Kevin Kelly on how technology is changing the way we conduct science. The truth we'll doubt: Does the "decline effect" mean that all science is "truthy"?
