Search Results 5 Results Found for April 15, 2014 Issues Science Fiction Contest Issues in Science and Technology (IST), a respected quarterly journal that explores the intersections of science, technology, society, and policy, announces a science fiction contest. The editors of IST believe that… Read More February 5, 2016 Issues Science Fiction The editors of Issues in Science and Technology (IST) believe that science fiction (SF) can help to bring key challenges and dilemmas in science and technology to an influential readership in new… Read More Winter 2009 Forum – Winter 2009 Lewis M. Branscomb, John Alic, Kent Hughes, Saleem H. Ali, Henrik Selin, Marlene B. Seltzer, Eugene B. Skolnikoff, Norman Neureiter, J. Thomas Ratchford, Cathleen A. Campbell, Guy Knudsen, James Bessen, Steve Clemmer, Rush Holt Budget doubling defended Richard Freeman and John Van Reenen (“Be Careful What You Wish For: A Cautionary Tale about Budget Doubling,” Issues, Fall 2008) provided a thought-provoking analysis of the… Read More Winter 2008 Global Science Gaps Need Global Action Mohamed H. A. Hassan When it comes to the global state of science, technology, and innovation (ST&I), there’s more than one divide. Many readers of Issues in Science and Technology are familiar with the North-South divide… Read More Spring 1999 Bioweapons from Russia: Stemming the Flow Jonathan B. Tucker For nearly two decades, the former Soviet Union and then Russia maintained an offensive biological warfare (BW) program in violation of an international treaty, the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. In… Read More