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Archives – Winter 2003

Issues — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

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Lloyd V. Berkner
Lloyd V. Berkner (1905-1967) began his research career with the study of ionospheric conditions surrounding the transmission of radio signals, which he undertook… Read More

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No Child Left Behind

Issues — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

On his first day in office, President Bush announced that education was his priority and set forth a plan that was based on four principles. The first, of course, is accountability. The… Read More

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Broadband on the run

Issues — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

Smart mobs is veteran tech-watcher Howard Rheingold’s term for the growing ranks of people linked to each other through the mobile Internet. In the millions worldwide today, mobile devices could start outnumbering… Read More

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The Hazards of High-Stakes Testing

Issues — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

With the nation about to embark on an ambitious program of high-stakes testing of every public school student, we should review our experience with similar testing efforts over the past few decades… Read More

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The forgotten half

Issues — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

Beyond College for All reexamines the school-to-work transition for those who do not go on to further education after high school. In particular, it focuses on the connections and contacts made (or… Read More

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Everyday Threats to Aircraft Safety

Issues — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

On the morning of February 9, 1998, an American Airlines 727 on final instrument approach to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport suddenly pitched downward. Despite the pilot’s corrective actions, the aircraft hit the… Read More

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Blocking Invasive Aquatic Species

Issues — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

Voracious snakehead fish from China crawl out of a Maryland pond, while 100-pound Asian carp smash into recreational boats on the Mississippi River. Armies of alien rats, numbering in the millions and… Read More

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Testy about Testing

Issues — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

Testy about Testing
Concerns about race, class, unions, and state budget priorities have elevated the testing of students to a major national issue–and muddied the discussion.
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Conflicts of Interest in Human Subjects Research

Issues — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

Conflict of interest in biomedical research first came to public notice in the 1980s via a number of cases of scientific misconduct in which perpetrators had financial interests in the outcome of… Read More

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Improving Workplace Hazard Communication

Issues — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

Workers in many modern industrial settings have long faced a multitude of chemical threats to their health and safety–some of them obvious, many more barely perceptible. As early as 1972, a National… Read More

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