Introduced by John Maddox
For years, nuclear physicists have argued that there should be superheavy elements - elements far heavier than any currently stable on the earth. Despite careful searches for the signature of these elements in cosmic ravs, no evidence has emerged. But Professor Edward Anders , from the Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago, claims to have found a gas component of the Allende meteorite that may be the decay product of a superheavy element present in the solar nebula 4.5 billion years ago. As a result of this and related work Professor Jerry Wasser burg. from the California Institute of Technology, suggests that the old axioms about the origin of the solar system must now be rethought.
Editor MICHAEL BRIGHT(Rev edn) followed by an interlude