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Citizen Astronomers
When the first artificial satellites were sent into orbit around the earth in 1957, some way of tracking them was called for. As early as 1955, the Smithsonian… Read More

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]]> Improving Technological Literacy https://issues.org/young-technological-techliteracy/ Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/young/ At the heart of the technological society that characterizes the United States lies an unacknowledged paradox. Although the nation increasingly depends on technology and is adopting new technologies at a breathtaking pace,… Read More

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]]> Overfishing https://issues.org/br_rosenberg/ Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/br_rosenberg/ The environmental issues confronting the United States and the world are varied, huge, and often incredibly complicated: global warming, nutrient runoff and nonpoint source pollution, water quality and overuse, and so on.… Read More

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]]> Nature and Profits https://issues.org/br_simpson/ Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/br_simpson/ The title The New Economy of Nature seems to promise fresh insight into the economics of conservation. Regrettably, the book does not deliver. Gretchen Daily is an ecologist at Stanford University. Katherine… Read More

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]]> Countering Terrorism in Transportation https://issues.org/downey/ Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/downey/ Americans now face almost weekly warnings about potential terrorist targets, from banks and apartment buildings to dams and nuclear power plants. This threat of terrorism is not new to transportation. From jet… Read More

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]]> The Henry and Bryna David Endowment https://issues.org/editorsjournal-15/ Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/editorsjournal-15/ The article by Elizabeth Loftus that begins on the following page is the first annual Henry and Bryna David Article/Lecture. It was presented in person at the National Academy of Sciences on… Read More

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]]> Forum – Summer 2002 https://issues.org/forum-summer-2002/ Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/forum-26/ Electric system security
“Bolstering the Security of the Electric Power System” by Alexander E. Farrell, Lester B. Lave, and Granger Morgan (Issues, Spring 2002) addresses a pressing concern. Electrical power… Read More

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]]> Science and Security at Risk https://issues.org/hamre/ Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/hamre/ The marriage between science and security in the United States has at times been turbulent, and never more so than in the fall of 2000, following the darkest hours of controversy over… Read More

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]]> From the Hill – Summer 2002 https://issues.org/hill-22/ Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/hill-22/ Debate over meaning of “sound” science heats up
Scientific research has played a critical but not always clear role in recent debates over energy policy, with advocates on all sides of the… Read More

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]]> Memory Faults and Fixes https://issues.org/loftus/ Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/loftus/ The sex abuse scandal enveloping the Catholic Church has prompted vigorous calls for action: The Church should hand over to prosecutors a list of all its priests who have ever been accused… Read More

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