Opinion in 1987

Last week's meeting of the CERN council has sharpened the dilemma of those who suck their teeth about the cost of high-energy physics. The time has come to plan for wider collaboration.

Floating off intramural research at NIH is not altogether a bad idea.

The British government wants industry to pay for public development, but should go carefully.

Getting from last week's treaty on intermediate missiles to the next agreement on strategic missiles not be easy. Negotiators should cut their teeth on a surveillance negotiation.

British health services are heading for another crisis; they need a public policy.

Public debate about SDI (and AIDS) has made few converts but may have bridged a gap.

The British government's much-delayed response to the Warnock Committee's report on the manipulation of human embryos would unwisely let parliament decide whether research is to be allowed.

This year's solstice season seems to be more than usually provided with a portentous calendar.

Britain's research community must think harder about its funds, and how it spends them.

The British educational system, already punch-drunk from too much change, is due for another upheaval, but the government's new education bill is a poor and even dangerous recipe.

What Soviet perestroika most needs now is a demonstration of success. Here's where to start.

The US budget is almost certain to be cut by now. What happens next rests with the reserve banks. Their best plan is to extend credit to the United States, the world's largest debtor.

Are British arrangements for science policy constitutionally improper?

What should happen now that the treaty on intermediate missiles seems within reach?

The outspoken universities of South Africa are under new threat from the government that supports them. Academics elsewhere must rally round, in their own interests if not South Africa's.

Management is changing at UNESCO. Spain's Frederic Mayor needs a persuasive programme.