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Ethics and Science: A 0.1% Solution

Issues — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000

Science has an ethics problem. In South Korea, Woo Suk Hwang committed what is arguably the most publicized case of research misconduct in the history of science. The range of Hwang’s misconduct… Read More

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A New Science Degree to Meet Industry Needs

Issues — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000

All of us are aware of urgent calls for new and energetic measures to enhance U.S. economic competitiveness by attracting more U.S. students to study science, mathematics, and engineering. In the case… Read More

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Preventing Catastrophic Chemical Attacks

Issues — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000

A terrorist attack on a single 90-ton chlorine tank car could generate a cloud of toxic gas that travels 20 miles. If the attack took place in a city, it could kill… Read More

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Nuclear Deterrence for the Future

Issues — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000

The most significant event of the past 60 years is the one that did not happen: the use of a nuclear weapon in conflict. One of the most important questions of the… Read More

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Archives – Fall 2006

Issues — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000

Birdwing Butterfly from Papua New Guinea
This image of a birdwing butterfly, included in the National Academies’ permanent art collection, is part of Rosamond Purcell’s larger body of work in which she… Read More

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Glide Path to Irrelevance: Federal Funding for Aeronautics

Issues — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000

The nation’s 100-year preeminence in aviation is in serious jeopardy. So, too, are the medium- and long-term health and safety of the U.S. air transportation system. The peril stems from a lack… Read More

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Securing Life Sciences Research in an Age of Terrorism

Issues — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000

The anthrax attacks that closely followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks helped create a sense that danger was everywhere. They also helped create a crisis for science. Government statements that the anthrax attacks… Read More

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From tubes to chips

Issues — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000

This is an important book that is likely to be cited in all future work exploring both the origins of the semiconductor industry and the economic and industrial development of the Silicon… Read More

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Chemical Weapons

Issues — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000

The issue of chemical warfare has frayed the nerves of policymakers for the past century. Most recently, the U.S.-led coalition fully expected to find stockpiles of chemical weapons when it invaded Iraq… Read More

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Just Say No to Tech Determinism

Issues — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:00:00 +0000

Technology often appears to bear the world along with an inexorable, irreversible momentum. Forces beyond human control seem to be driving us into a future of either boundless prosperity and unprecedented health… Read More

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