1. SUMMARY REPORT - Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee

The U.S. human spaceflight program appears to be on an unsustainable trajectory. It is perpetuating the perilous practice of pursuing goals that do not match allocated resources.

Thursday, 10 September 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

2. Student Loans: Use Public Funds for College Students, Not for Banks and Private Lenders

A bill introduced in Congress would end the bank-based guaranteed-student-loan program.

Monday, 20 July 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

3. Update: Swine Flu in New Jersey

Update of the Swine Flu

Thursday, 18 June 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

4. Education is Changing

Education is changing. The days filled with students facing front, teachers doing all the talking, and books and pencils the only tools of the educational process are not just now starting to decline, they are well into decline.

Monday, 15 June 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

5. Trying To Remember What Causes Brain Damage: This is Your Brain on Poverty

If we suppose that intellectual aptitude is the result of teaching, we may be partially wrong. Likewise, if we believe that economics and socio-environmental conditions are responsible for quantifiable intellect then we might only be somewhat right.

Wednesday, 13 May 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

6. Technology and the Changing Face of Political Campaigns

Ever since the Clinton-Gore campaign used a primitive version of the internet to keep in contact with staff members in 1992, it seems that every successive election gets labeled as a “net election” that will change the nature of politicking. Last year’s presidential campaign did more than merely continue this pattern. The Obama campaign used technology so creatively and effectively that it may have permanently altered the dynamics of politics in America, and possibly internationally.

Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

7. Record-Breaking R&D Investment Could Spell Record Numbers of Breakthrough Cures

PhRMA , the biopharmaceutical industry’s national trade association, recently announced that America’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies set a new record for research spending last year --  investing $55.2 billion to develop new...

Friday, 25 May 2007 | Print | PDF |  E-mail