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A Healthy Mind for a Healthy Population

Issues — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:00 +0000

Each year, more than 33 million U.S. residents receive health care for mental problems and/or for conditions resulting from the use of alcohol, illegal drugs, or prescription medications. The total comprises approximately… Read More

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Forum – Summer 2006

Issues — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:00 +0000

Nuclear amnesia
Jack Mendelsohn is certainly right about “nuclear amnesia” (“Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons,” Issues, Spring 2006). Even in official administration documents, there is a rather casual attitude about the possibility… Read More

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From the Hill – Summer 2006

Issues — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:00 +0000

Regulatory regime for greenhouse gases discussed
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held an all-day conference on April 4 on the issues involved in creating a program to regulate the greenhouse… Read More

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The Pentagon’s Defense Review: Not Ready for Prime Time

Issues — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:00 +0000

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. This witty observation by 19th century French poet Paul Valery captures precisely the ever-changing nature of… Read More

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New Nukes

Issues — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:00 +0000

For the first time in decades, nuclear power is back on this country’s list of possible energy sources. New nuclear power plants are on the drawing board. Public opinion is shifting in… Read More

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DEE-FENSE! DEE-FENSE!: Preparing for Pandemic Flu

Issues — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:00 +0000

Vaccination to prevent viral and bacterial diseases is modern medicine’s most cost-effective intervention. Were a vaccine to be available quickly after the onset of the widely predicted pandemic from an H5N1 strain… Read More

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Let Engineers Go to College

Issues — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:00 +0000

The challenges that engineers will face in the 21st century will require them to broaden their outlooks, have more flexible career options, and work closely and effectively with people of quite different… Read More

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Nuclear Waste and the Distant Future

Issues — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:00 +0000

Although most of the radioactive material generated by nuclear energy decays away over short times ranging from minutes to several decades, a small fraction remains radioactive for far longer time periods. Policymakers,… Read More

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Natural Gas: The Next Energy Crisis?

Issues — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:00 +0000

The day after President Bush’s State of the Union address on January 31, 2006, the headline in many U.S. newspapers and in the electronic media was: “America Addicted to Oil.” Indeed, a… Read More

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Power Play: A More Reliable U.S. Electric System

Issues — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:00 +0000

The United States ranks toward the bottom among developed nations in terms of the reliability of its electricity service. Catastrophic events, such as the August 14, 2003, blackout that put 50 million… Read More

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