Scientific, legal, and legislative roles in the interaction of science and society are examined in the context of the use of technical measures related to intoxication. The case is examined in detail as a model of the way in which the relationship is regulated. (AL)

Discusses the advantages of using automated analytical procedures in providing rapid, inexpensive alternatives to traditional methods and in teaching skills used in many professions and industry. (CP)

Short articles describe the production, photography, and analysis of diffraction patterns using a small laser, a technique for measuring electrical resistance without a standard resistor, a demonstration of a thermocouple effect in a galvanometer with a built-in light source, and a common error in deriving the expression for centripetal force. (AL)

Describes a student laboratory project involving the design of an "acoustic suspension speaker system. The characteristics of the loudspeaker used are measured as an extension of the inertia-balance experiment. The experiment may be extended to a study of Stelmholtz resonators, coupled oscillators, electromagnetic forces, thermodynamics and…

Various science experiments using ordinary bottles are discussed. (CP)