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ISSUES in Science and Technology is Published to inform public opinion and to raise the quality of private and public decisionmaking by providing a forum for discussion and debate. Contents : 5 - Forum Airline deregualtion; plutonium policies; Higher educaion; Mending Medicare; Jeffersonian science; Minority engineers; National forests; Traffic congestion. 24 - From the Hill clinton again propose big budget increases for NIH,NSF; clinton bars genetic duscrimination against federal employees;NIH,FDA pledge more oversight after death in gene therapy experiment;Richardson, congress clash over DOE reorganizatoin 28 - Update Richardson acts to save DOE's research parks; States take lead in utility reform 30 - Editor's Journal Let them eat pixels 32 - Perspective Deborah Brosnan on using peer review to resolve natural resource conflicts The Delicate balance : Enveionment, Economics, Development 37 - Ecosystem data to guide hard choices an international research effort to assess the health of the world's biological systems will provide a foundation for wise policymaking 45 - Forging Environment Markets Treating environmental improvement as a business lead to greater returns and lower costs, for the environment as well as for the economy 53 - conservation in a Human-Dominated World To advance conservation throughtout the world, the key will to think locally, seek wide participation, and heed new scientific ideas. some example show the way 61 - The Illusion of Integrated pest management despite three decades of research, there is very little "I" in IPM. It's time to start over with an achievable goal 65 - Paying for the Next Big One Our system for financing recovery from natural disasters is in shambles. New policies that promote shared risk and responsibility are need 73 - U.S. fighter Modernization : An Alternative Approach Buy fewer next-generation planes, upgrade existing ones, and make money available to better prepare for emerging challenges. 80 - Real Number Biodiversity and population growth