Perennial Agriculture
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.
From the Hill
From the Hill – Fall 2011
Applied research facing deep cuts in FY 2012 budget The funding picture for most R&D agencies for the fiscal year (FY) 2012 is relatively bleak, as it is for most government functions.… Read More
Features
Archives – Fall 2011
HARRY BERTOIA, Untitled, Bronze and copper, 1975. Born in Italy in 1915, Harry Bertoia immigrated to the United States as a teenager and studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan.… Read MoreExpanding Certificate Programs
The United States faces a decline in the educational attainment of the labor force that threatens to reduce economic growth and limit national and personal prosperity. Reversing this decline will require a… Read MoreCybersecurity in the Private Sector
The United States is facing major cyber attacks by criminals and agents of foreign governments, with attacks penetrating the military establishment and the private sector alike. The need to better protect military… Read MorePeople Get Ready
In recent years, we have witnessed a dramatic increase in the economic cost and human impact from hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and other natural disasters worldwide. Economic losses from these catastrophic events increased… Read MoreScience Policy Tools: Time for an Update
All of us involved in science and technology (S&T) policy are fond of commenting on the increasing pace of change, the upheavals caused by novel technologies and expanded scientific understanding, and the… Read MoreThe Shifting Landscape of Science
Citations to U.S. science, in the aggregate, have been flat over the past 30 years, whereas citations of research papers from the rest of the world have been rising steadily. Although the… Read MorePaying for Perennialism: A Quest for Food and Funding
When Wes Jackson looks out across the wild prairie of Kansas, he sees far beyond the limits of his vision. “I’m surrounded by prairie here,” he tells us, and the fields of… Read More
Real Numbers
Asian Women in STEM Careers: An Invisible Minority in a Double Bind
Asian Women in STEM Careers: An Invisible Minority in a Double Bind In the effort to increase the participation of women and people of color in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)… Read More
Book Reviews
Taming globalization
Harvard’s Dani Rodrik is one of the most perceptive U.S. commentators on international trade and investment. For more than a dozen years, as signaled by the title of one of his earlier… Read More
Green Urban Revival
In The Agile City, James S. Russell offers a blueprint for restructuring the settlement system of the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. Russell wants… Read More