New Scientist covers the election

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I haven't had a chance to read through the articles so i can't make a recommendations but here's a list of articles:

* Should governments play politics with science? Never have objective science and the business of politics been so much at odds

*America: Bomb builders or peacemakers? Perception is everything when it comes to the proliferation of nuclear weapons

*Cool cash will help slow global warming: Global treaties are not the only way to tackle climate change - markets can do their bit too

* In 50 years, we could cure our oil addiction: The technologies to deliver clean, sustainable energy already exist. So what is stopping us breaking the habit of a century, asks David L. Chandler

* Who should steer the modern global ark? American money and expertise is the difference between survival and extinction for many of the world's endangered plants and animals

*Globalisation: The good, the bad and the ugly Globalisation is happening whether we like it or not. The question now is whether everyone should play by the same rules

*America: Closed for new scientific business? Once America welcomed scientific talent wherever it came from and we all benefited. Now visitors are greeted with suspicion

*US abortion policy: A healthy strategy for whom? A hard-line policy on abortion is undermining America's entire global strategy on health

*The US battle over stem cells: In four years' time the arguments over stem cell research may look very different


http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/uselection/index.jsp