What Science Can Do Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/25-4/ The best minds on the most important topics. Tue, 06 Dec 2022 15:19:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png What Science Can Do Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/25-4/ 32 32 Alternative Energy for Transportation https://issues.org/omi/ https://issues.org/omi/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/omi/ Science and technology (S&T) has brought economic growth and contributed to enhancing living standards. In recent years, S&T has progressed very rapidly and brought tremendous benefits to our lives. For example, the… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/omi/feed/ 4 A Future for U.S. Fisheries https://issues.org/safina-4/ https://issues.org/safina-4/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/safina-4/ For the fishing industry in the United States, and for the fishery resources on which the industry depends, there is good news and bad news. Bad news still predominates, as many commercial… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/safina-4/feed/ 3 The Rightful Place of Science https://issues.org/sarewitz-2/ https://issues.org/sarewitz-2/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/sarewitz-2/ I stood with the throngs on the Washington Mall on January 20, 2009, watching a young new president (well, truth be told, watching him on a Jumbotron) announce to a discouraged nation… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/sarewitz-2/feed/ 0 Abolishing Hunger https://issues.org/serageldin/ https://issues.org/serageldin/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/serageldin/ The first of the Millennium Development Goals, which were adopted by the world’s leaders at the United Nations in 2000, was a promise to fight poverty and reduce the number of the… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/serageldin/feed/ 0 Restoring Science to Science Education https://issues.org/alberts-2/ https://issues.org/alberts-2/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/alberts-2/ I love biology, and nothing in my four decades as a professional biological scientist has given as much satisfaction as seeing that spark of passion for the subject ignited in a young… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/alberts-2/feed/ 1 U.S. Energy Policy: The Need for Radical Departures https://issues.org/smil/ https://issues.org/smil/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/smil/ Five years may be an entire era in politics, and as the recent global economic upheavals have shown, it is also a span long enough to hurl nations from complacent prosperity to… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/smil/feed/ 0 Archives – Summer 2009 https://issues.org/archives-47/ https://issues.org/archives-47/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/archives-47/ Charles Darwin
In honor of the contributions made by Charles Darwin, the National Academy of Sciences commissioned a bronze replica of a bust of Darwin created by Virginia sculptor William Couper (1853-1942).… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/archives-47/feed/ 0 After the Motor Fuel Tax: Reshaping Transportation Financing https://issues.org/wachs-2/ https://issues.org/wachs-2/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/wachs-2/ Congress will soon begin considering a new transportation bill that is expected to carry a price tag of $500 billion to $600 billion to support a huge number of projects nationwide. Public… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/wachs-2/feed/ 0 A Focused Approach to Society’s Grand Challenges https://issues.org/branscomb-4/ https://issues.org/branscomb-4/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/branscomb-4/ The United States faces a number of “grand challenges”: technically complex societal problems that have stubbornly defied solution. At or near the top of any list is the need to develop new… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/branscomb-4/feed/ 0 High-Performance Computing for All https://issues.org/wince-smith/ https://issues.org/wince-smith/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/wince-smith/ The United States faces a global competitive landscape undergoing radical change, transformed by the digital revolution, globalization, the entry of emerging economies into global commerce, and the growth of global businesses. Many… Read More

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