National education standards; An incomplete view of adolescence; California: Radical carbon cuts needed?; Better STEM for all; Praise for SEMATECH; Lessons from nuclear disasters; Internet freedom: Not a foreign-policy issue.

R&D funding receives some good news amid major uncertainty; The EPA issues new air pollution rule; key Republicans object; Senate panel considers national standards for forensic evidence; Cybersecurity bills advance in House, Senate.

Jeremy J. Michalek
Mikhail Chester
Constantine Samaras
Jeremy J. Michalek, Mikhail Chester, and Constantine Samaras on getting the most out of electric vehicle subsidies.

Christopher Wilson
U.S. Competitiveness: The Mexican Connection

Albert N. Link
John T. Scott
The Small Business Innovation Research Program.

Mother of invention (Review of The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation)

Stack Suite #8

Mark Sagoff

Data Deluge and the Human Microbiome Project

Mark A. R. Kleiman
Jonathan P. Caulkins
Angela Hawken
Beau Kilmer

Eight Questions for Drug Policy Research