Better, more affordable health care; Calming nuclear jitters; Perennial crops.

Obama budget includes bright spots for R&D; Congress examines energy R&D; House considers reauthorization of America COMPETES Act; Committee considers reform of export controls; Bits and pieces.

Kevin Finneran
Expanding Innovation

Andreas Schleicher
The New Global Landscape of Educational Achievement

Is medical technology the villain? (Review of Taming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System)

An -ology of technology (Review of The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves)

Job prospects (Review of Offshoring of American Jobs: What Response from U.S. Economic Policy?)

Every little bit counts (Review of Googled: The End of the World as We Know It)

Dome of the Great Hall, National Academy of Sciences

Jonathan B. Tucker

Double-Edged DNA: Preventing the Misuse of Gene Synthesis

Miriam Temin
Ruth Levine
Sandy Stonesifer

Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health