University futures; Science’s influence; Can geoengineering be green?; Mineral reserves; Transforming conservation; Intelligent transportation; Personal health records.
House approves bill to reform offshore oil drilling; Senate committee approves competitiveness bill; GAO investigates genetic test companies; House, Senate committees lay out plans for NASA’s future; Federal science and technology in brief.
Kevin Finneran Goddam Humans
C. Ford Runge Robbin S. Johnson The Dismal State of Biofuels Policy
Richard E. Sclove Reinventing Technology Assessment
Costly water (Review of Bottled and Sold: The History Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water)
Drug Kingpin (Review of Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA)
Technophilia’s big tent (Review of What Technology Wants)
Perspective
Marc Levinson
Is the Smart Grid Really a Smart Idea?
David M. Cutler
Where Are the Health Care Entrepreneurs?
Ken Caldeira David W. Keith
The Need for Climate Engineering Research
Lisa Guernsey Sara Mead
Transforming Education in the Primary Years
Justin Alger Trevor Findlay
Strengthening Global Nuclear Governance
Luther J. Carter Lake H. Barrett Kenneth C. Rogers
Nuclear Waste Disposal: Showdown at Yucca Mountain
