Rethinking What Research Government Should Fund

Every issue explores cutting-edge developments in technology, medicine, education, climate change, and much more. Articles provide in-depth analyses of science and technology’s impact on public policy, the economy, and society—bringing today’s best minds to bear on tomorrow’s most critical topics.

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From the Hill

  • From the Hill – Fall 1999

    Congress split on FY 2000 funding for R&D As the September 30 deadline loomed for approval of all FY 2000 appropriations bills, Congress was deeply split on R&D funding, with the House… Read More

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Book Reviews

  • Funding Science in America by James Savage

    Pork Barrel Science

    In 1972, three architects—Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour—published a book entitled Learning from Las Vegas. Its premise was simple if controversial: That however garish, ugly, and bizarre an… Read More
  • Cover of a book titled The Sun, The Genome and The Internet

    Imagining the Future

    Speculating about humanity’s future has become a fairly dreary business of late. Although there are many attempts to sketch landscapes for the coming millennium, the pictures generated are typically stiff and lifeless.… Read More
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