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Empowerment is key
A plan to pull millions out of poverty while addressing climate change fails to acknowledge the importance of dispersing power to the people, explains Iqbal Quadir.
- Iqbal Quadir
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Career Brief |
Biotech tax credit
Companies will be eligible for cash if they create or sustain jobs.
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UK tuition rise needed?
Fees must rise for British universities to stay competitive, says report.
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World view: Defending democracy
Government surveillance technology programmes must aim to protect privacy and civil rights from the start, says Daniel Sarewitz.
- Daniel Sarewitz
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Strategic body needed to beat food crises
The system that oversees global agriculture and food security needs an overhaul, says Joachim von Braun.
- Joachim von Braun
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US prepares for climate burden
National summit paves way for concerted action on global warming.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Financial meltdown imperils reactor
Faced with a huge budget shortfall, Europe rethinks future of ITER fusion project.
- Geoff Brumfiel
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50 & 100 years ago
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Feeding China's growing needs for grain
- Xiaobing Liu
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Research Highlights |
Animal behaviour: Vibrations on a stick
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NIH set to tighten financial rules for researchers
Conflicts of interest comes under scrutiny.
- Meredith Wadman
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Airport security: Intent to deceive?
Can the science of deception detection help to catch terrorists? Sharon Weinberger takes a close look at the evidence for it.
- Sharon Weinberger
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Science funding: Science for the masses
The US National Science Foundation's insistence that every research project addresses 'broader impacts' leaves many researchers baffled. Corie Lok takes a looks at the system.
- Corie Lok
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Changes in Congress cloud prospects for funding
NIH loses major supporter in the Senate.
- Meredith Wadman
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How to rid reactors of uranium risk
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty talks grapple with legacy of highly enriched fuel.
- Declan Butler
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NIH to tighten rules on conflicts
New regulations would increase oversight of payments to researchers.
- Meredith Wadman
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Correspondence |
How government spending cuts put lives at risk
- David Stuckler
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Career Brief |
Arizona boycotted
Hispanic and Native American scientists take action over immigration law.
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Books & Arts |
Science, freedom and trade
Michael Shermer enjoys two books that examine economics and politics from a scientific perspective — one explaining the experimental basis for democracy, another placing trade in an evolutionary context.
- Michael Shermer
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Decentralize, adapt and cooperate
Two years ago Raphael D. Sagarin and colleagues proposed that security systems should learn from nature. Now they've worked with defence professionals on putting that call into practice.
- Raphael D. Sagarin
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Careers and Recruitment |
Burdens of biodefence
Working with nature's nastiest microbes offers a chance to help ensure public safety. Karen Kaplan details the profession's risks and rewards.
- Karen Kaplan
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Space-science hopes rest on rocket test
New launch vehicle could carry next generation of NASA's research probes.
- Eric Hand
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Editorial |
Scientists' turn to win votes
Rather than bemoaning the loss of science-savvy politicians in last week's election, researchers in the UK should strive to make new friends.
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Science subpoenaed
The University of Virginia should fight a witch-hunt by the state's attorney general.
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Cuts in Ireland
Tough economy forces scaled-down grants at Science Foundation Ireland.
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50 & 100 years ago
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UK science braces for impact
Britain's new government has big changes in store.
- Geoff Brumfiel
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US climate bill arrives in Senate
New legislation represents delicate compromise between politicians and industry.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Review prioritizes NASA's astrophysics missions
Space agency's committee sifts winners from losers.
- Eric Hand
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Conservation's poverty reduction claims questioned
Does greater biodiversity help or hinder the world's poorest people?
- Natasha Gilbert
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Open to all
A new approach to technology assessment would supplement expert opinion with input from society.
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Earthquake defence and the price of a telescope
- Leopoldo Infante
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Regions |
Kentucky by the numbers
With targeted recruiting efforts under way, Kentucky is attempting to build a life-sciences hub.
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50 & 100 years ago
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Financial pain should focus universities
The tightening of the US science budgets could improve both teaching and research, argues Diane Auer Jones — by forcing academics and their institutions to play to their strengths.
- Diane Auer Jones
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World view: Brick by brick
A small non-profit organization shows how to reduce the vulnerability of poor countries to earthquakes, says Daniel Sarewitz.
- Daniel Sarewitz
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Japan's research institutions in the hot seat
Government oversight committee urges scientists to make savings.
- David Cyranoski
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High stakes for science in UK election
The new government may have to make cuts — but which party will slice deepest?
- Geoff Brumfiel
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Russia to boost university science
But can it break the dominance of the Russian Academy of Sciences without breaking the research base?
- Quirin Schiermeier