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Understanding and Implemting Healthcare Reform

The United States Congress has passed a health reform bill that will reduce the number of uninsured people in our country. Now we need to improve both...

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Can Technology Save Foreign Aid?

The notoriously inefficient development-assistance complex is under siege. Two trillion dollars have flowed from north to south in the last half...

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Here be dragons: Governing a Technology Uncertain Future

Part 1 of 9 - 'The Promise and Perils of Synthetic Biology Today' featuring Dan Sarewitz, co-Director, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes;...

Thursday, February 03, 2011

America's Children in Peril: Solving the Obesity and Mental Health Epidemics

"America's Children in Peril: Solving the obesity and mental health epidemics" was an expert forum hosted by Arizona State University at the National...

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Eisenhower's Farewell Address at Fifty

President Eisenhower's address is mainly remembered for his warning of the perils of a "military-industrial complex." Less widely known, but no less...

Monday, January 17, 2011

Can Open Innovation Regain America's Competitive Edge?

The creation of new global industries, companies, organizations, and partnerships has long been dominated by American innovators. In today's...

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Getting Back in the Race: Fixing America's Education

This is a pivotal moment to debate and refine innovative models for transforming our educational system in ways that markedly improve the quality of...

Thursday, June 03, 2010

Warring Futures: How biotech and robotics are transforming today's military

New technologies are changing warfare as profoundly as did gunpowder. How are everything from flying robots as small as birds to "peak warrior...

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Robots and Military Technology

George Poste gave the keynote address at a forum on military technology and robotics. Afterward, panelists talked about emerging technologies...

Sunday, May 23, 2010

War Planning in 1861

Brooks Simpson talked about the effect of popular expectations on Union war planning in 1861. He showed slides during his presentation, after which he...

Thursday, May 06, 2010

Can You Hear Me Now? Why Your Cell Phone is So Terrible

Few things in modern life irritate us as much as our cell phones. Calls drop, but contracts stick around forever. Monthly fees get ever higher, even...

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Fossil Fuel Use and Alternative Energy

Panelists talked about ways to move away from dependence on fossil fuels to more energy-efficient sources such as wind and solar power.?They addressed...

Wednesday, March 31, 2010