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INVESTING IN INNOVATION
At a recent event at the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, Dr. Sybil Francis and Dr. Gregg Zachary discussed best practices for managing competition among and between federal research programs.
SCIENCE POLICY NEWS
This weeks science policy news covers the FY 2013 science budget, progress on new federal scientific integrity guidelines, conflict over cyber security legislation, google’s alleged illegal tracking, and the unfolding of “denier-gate.”
EDUCATION
Public polling suggests Mississippians are ready for a science-based approach to sex education, but with a June 2012 deadline approaching to set policy, will the school districts listen?
ENERGY INNOVATION
The Department of Energy loan guarantee program, much vilified in the fallout of the Solyndra scandal, will cost $2 billion less than expected and is working to create clean energy jobs all across the country.
SCIENCE POLICY NEWS
This week’s science policy news brief covers the White House Science Fair, new Obama administration science education initiatives, the resilience of green jobs to recession, a new stem cell therapy for broken bones, and more.
BIOETHICS
Huxley’s “Brave New World” remains a success not because of the accuracy of the technological future it foretells (indeed it misses the mark in many ways), but because of what it says about the longing for love and humanity in any age.
INVESTING IN SCIENCE
The genetic testing industry, with its great potential to not only improve health care outcomes but also create jobs, is a prime example of a government investment with positive return.
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
From nanotech to biotech, we stand to benefit greatly from discoveries on the frontiers of technology. But there are risks too, and a bipartisan consensus on how to manage these technological risks in the 21st century is quietly emerging. One-size fits all is out. Evidence-based risk management is in.
SCIENCE POLICY NEWS
This weeks science policy news: we have less natural gas than we thought; Google responds to personal information kerfuffle; what’s in store for stem cells in 2012; and more.
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Rather than looking at political neuroscience as alienating and judgmental, try and look at it as giving you tips on how best to reach your target audience.
PODCAST
We need to rethink the legal framework that allows new industrial chemicals to enter the market every day without being tested for potential health impacts on humans.
OCEANS
A new report from the UN Environment Program outlines the economic imperative to protect our oceans from pollution, overfishing, climate change while at the same time developing new marine industries.
ENERGY INNOVATION
As BrightSource Energy adds cutting-edge molten salt storage to its new solar plants, the choice between clean energy and cheap energy is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
For scientists, the importance of framing, outreach, avoiding jargon, and going to your local science communication trainings are increasingly taken as givens, and that may signal a sea change in the effort to educate the public.
INNOVATION POLICY
President Obama’s State of the Union address demonstrated the importance of science, innovation, and economic competitiveness to a prosperous and growing middle class.
INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS
A proposal to elevate the Department of Commerce by consolidating federal trade, technology, workforce training, and economic development programs into one department with one mission: national competitiveness through innovation.
PROCESS INNOVATION
A humble process innovation could reduce cost and increase efficiency of thermoelectric materials used to recycle waste heat in cars, refrigerators, and other machines.
OCEANS POLICY
Michael Conathan explains why even though our oceans aren’t exactly part of the “interior,” moving the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration out of the Department of Commerce isn’t a bad idea if it’s done right.
CLIMATE CHANGE
If by going dark for a day to protest anti-piracy legislation, Wikipedia and other websites can cause the US Congress to change course, could they do the same for global warming? James L. Powell imagines how it could work.
INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS
A new series of policy reports from Science Progress and the Center for American Progress outline key steps the president and Congress can take to reinvest in the building blocks of American innovation and economic competitiveness.
Science Progress and American Progress's Doing What Works project teamed up to produce a set of policy proposals that the Obama administration and Congress can adopt to reinvest in the building blocks of American science, innovation, and economic competitiveness. Read the overview of the five reports.
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