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The Life of Feynman

Issues — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

The general public may recall physicist Richard Feynman for his televised demonstration when he was a member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident. He dipped a rubber O-ring… Read More

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The Little Reactor That Could?

Issues — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

A week before Halloween 2009, John R. Deal, an entrepreneur who goes almost exclusively by “Grizz,” took the stage at the Denver Art Museum to deliver the headline talk at an evening… Read More

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Forum – Summer 2011

Issues — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

The climate/security nexus
Richard A. Matthew has published “Is Climate Change a National Security Issue?” (Issues, Spring 2011) at just the right time. I would answer his question with… Read More

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Solving the Nation’s Security Affordability Problem

Issues — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

There is a clash coming in the next few years between the multiplicity and complexity of the security concerns facing the United States and the shrinking resources available to address them. Unfortunately,… Read More

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Science for Natural Resource Management under Climate Change

Issues — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Emerging applications of climate change research to natural resource management show how science provides key information for agencies to take action for vulnerable ecosystems.
Climate change poses a fundamental challenge for natural… Read More

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From the Hill – Summer 2011

Issues — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Budget bill cuts R&D spending
R&D funding escaped major cuts in the bill signed by President Obama on April 15 that funds the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year (FY)… Read More

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Investing in Perennial Crops to Sustainably Feed the World

Issues — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

The dramatic increases in yields of annual crops are approaching their limits. But similar advances are possible in hundreds of underused perennial species.
The world’s food supply is insecure and inadequate and… Read More

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Agriculture’s Role in Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Issues — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Agriculture is responsible for 7% of total emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere in the . Although agriculture is not the major source of greenhouse gas emissions—that title belongs to industrial… Read More

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Science and the Arab Spring

Issues — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

As we all know, this has been the “Arab Spring.” Ordinary citizens have toppled autocrats and still battle dictators, armed with little more than their convictions. Ultimately, they cannot be denied, for… Read More

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Disappearing Bees and Reluctant Regulators

Issues — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Imagine this: You’re a commercial beekeeper, who relies entirely on keeping honeybees for making a living. You head out one morning to examine your bees and find that thousands of your previously… Read More

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