Transportation Safety Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/17-2/ The best minds on the most important topics. Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:12:35 +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 Transportation Safety Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/17-2/ 32 32 Archives – Winter 2001 https://issues.org/archives-14/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/archives-14/ Photo: National Academy Archives
Simon Flexner
Simon Flexner (1863-1946), like his brother Abraham Flexner, was a prime mover in U.S. medical education and research. At the same time that Abraham’s 1910 book… Read More

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]]> Filling the Policy Vacuum Created by OTA’s Demise https://issues.org/stalk-5/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/stalk-5/ The first president and and the first Congress of the new millennium are taking office in January. This has inevitably generated media speculation about how the rapid pace of technological change will… Read More

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]]> Information Warfare: Time to Prepare https://issues.org/berkowitz/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/berkowitz/ IW presents special problems for U.S. defense planners. Many, if not most, targets of an IW attack against the United States would probably be commercial computer and communications systems. These systems are… Read More

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]]> Voodoo Science https://issues.org/br_borchelt-2/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/br_borchelt-2/ A former boss of mine, then-White House Science Advisor Jack Gibbons, used to tell the story of an aging despot who called in a succession of science advisors to tell him how… Read More

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]]> Public Health Crisis https://issues.org/br_howson/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/br_howson/ Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her reporting of the 1995 outbreak of the Ebola virus in Zaire, has been an important voice for… Read More

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]]> Research Reconsidered https://issues.org/editorsjournal-9/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/editorsjournal-9/ A group of experienced analysts and practitioners of science policy gathered in Washington in late November to discuss the theme of “Basic Research in the Service of National Objectives.” The purpose was… Read More

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]]> Forum – Winter 2001 https://issues.org/forum-20/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/forum-20/ Biotechnology regulation
Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko’s conclusion that global biotechnology regulation should be guided by science, not unsubstantiated fears, represents a balanced approach to the risks and benefits of biotechnology… Read More

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]]> Civilizing the Sport Utility Vehicle https://issues.org/graham/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/graham/ Now that the media craze about the Firestone-Ford tire and sport utility vehicle (SUV) controversy is winding down, it’s time to take a broader and more patient look at the impact that… Read More

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]]> From the Hill – Winter 2001 https://issues.org/hill-16/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/hill-16/ FY 2001 will be a banner year for federal research programs
On December 15, more than two months into fiscal year (FY) 2001, President Clinton and the 106th Congress finally reached agreement… Read More

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]]> Just Say No to Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets https://issues.org/laird/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/laird/ The emissions targets of the Kyoto Protocol are dead, and the international community should let them rest in peace. Diplomatic necessity may require that the United Nations (UN) and signatory states to… Read More

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