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The nation’s position relative to other countries is changing, but this need not be reason for alarm.

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]]> https://issues.org/yu_xie/feed/ 1 Eagle https://issues.org/eagle/ https://issues.org/eagle/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/news-updates/eagle/ The long, fat freighter glided into the harbor at late morning—not the best time for a woman who had to keep out of sight.

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]]> https://issues.org/eagle/feed/ 1 The New Visible Hand: Understanding Today’s R&D Management https://issues.org/craig/ https://issues.org/craig/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/news-updates/craig/


The New Visible Hand: Understanding Today’s R&D Management

Recent decades have seen dramatic if not revolutionary changes in the organization and management… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/craig/feed/ 0 The Politics behind China’s Quest for Nobel Prizes https://issues.org/junbo/ https://issues.org/junbo/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=11725 JUNBO YU
China is applying its strategy for winning Olympic gold to science policy. It may be surprised by the outcomes—but overall, the world will benefit.
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]]> https://issues.org/junbo/feed/ 0 Poverty and Vulnerability to Storms https://issues.org/real_numbers-30-3/ https://issues.org/real_numbers-30-3/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=11726 Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines on November 2, 2013, left behind more than 6,000 dead and displaced a population the size of Los Angeles. The scale of the damage is a … Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/real_numbers-30-3/feed/ 0 Reconstructing the View https://issues.org/reconstructing/ https://issues.org/reconstructing/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=11727 The landscape has been a source of artistic exploration and contemplation since the earliest cave drawings. Represented in paintings and photography as well as film and the tourist’s snapshot, a variety… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/reconstructing/feed/ 0 Archives – Spring 2014 https://issues.org/archives-30-3/ https://issues.org/archives-30-3/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=11728 University of Texas at Dallas professor John Pomara’s work reflects an interest in the role that human error plays in technology, focusing primarily on the current state of painting and picture… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/archives-30-3/feed/ 0 The View from Nowhere https://issues.org/books-30-3/ https://issues.org/books-30-3/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=11729 The global positioning system (GPS) technology incorporated into the vehicles, computers, smart phones, and other devices we use every day provides a convenience that would have been almost unimaginable two decades ago.… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/books-30-3/feed/ 0 And Now for Something Completely Different https://issues.org/editorsjournal-30-3/ https://issues.org/editorsjournal-30-3/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=11730 The poet Muriel Rukeyser wrote that “The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms.” And for most people, she is right, even though the hardcore Issues reader might not be happy… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/editorsjournal-30-3/feed/ 0 From the Hill – Spring 2014 https://issues.org/hill-30-3/ https://issues.org/hill-30-3/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=11731 Administration releases FY 2015 budget request
President Obama’s FY 2015 budget proposal totals $3.9 trillion, of which roughly 63% is mandatory spending such as Social Security payments, roughly 30% is discretionary spending,… Read More

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