FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE:
A Bridge Across the Mideast Divide
Jon Cohen
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA--With help from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian scientists met here last month to plan a meeting to bring together young Middle Eastern scientists in a meeting like NAS's Frontiers in Science symposium. But how to organize and stage such a meeting presented some sticky challenges. Foremost among them: where to hold the gathering.