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Toward a “Greener” Revolution

Issues — Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:00:00 +0000

Thanks in large part to the now-legendary green revolution, most people in the world today get enough calories from food for their subsistence. Yet it is becoming increasingly clear that the green… Read More

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A Jeffersonian Vision for Mapping the World

Issues — Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:00:00 +0000

About 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson sat down with a young military officer named Meriwether Lewis to plan an expedition to survey the broad expanse of territory between the then-frontier post of… Read More

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Saving Nature’s Legacy Through Better Farming

Issues — Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:00:00 +0000

The obvious environmental problems and solutions are not necessarily obvious at all. Organic farming and the time-proven techniques of traditional agriculture hold great emotional attraction. Pure foods without chemical fertilizers and pesticides… Read More

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The Unfinished Work of Arms Control

Issues — Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:00:00 +0000

The world got through the half century since Hiroshima and Nagasaki with no further use of nuclear weapons in conflict and with a degree of restraint in avoiding major war among the… Read More

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The Global University

Issues — Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:00:00 +0000

Let’s establish some basic principles. First, business is going global. Information, people, and capital flow quickly and copiously without respect to borders. Skilled workers and industrial infrastructure can be found in a… Read More

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The Power of the Individual

Issues — Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:00:00 +0000

The life of Leo Szilard has important lessons for scientists eager to influence public policy.
William Lanouette’s fascinating biography of Leo Szilard, Genius in the Shadows, does more than reveal the… Read More

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The Politics of Education Reform

Issues — Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:00:00 +0000

The recently released Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which made international comparisons of math and science performance among fourth- and eighth-grade students, strengthened the case of those who are calling… Read More

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Environmental Policy: The Next Generation

Issues — Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:00:00 +0000

A generation ago the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so contaminated that it caught fire, air pollution in some cities was thick enough to taste, and environmental laws focused on the obvious… Read More

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Forum – Fall 1997

Issues — Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:00:00 +0000

Fusion: Pro and con
The two articles in the Summer 1997 Issues on the future of the proposed International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) program–“The ITER Decision and U.S. Fusion R&D,” by Weston… Read More

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From the Hill – Fall 1997

Issues — Wed, 01 Oct 1997 04:00:00 +0000

House, Senate endorse big increases in FY 1990 R&D budgets

In the wake of the balanced budget agreement, this summer both the House and Senate endorsed big increases in the FY 1990… Read More

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