Science Policy
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Barack, Mitt . . . and Sandy
In the modern era of presidential campaigns, even with candidates’ every last word and action carefully scripted, there can still...
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Plane Has Combative Attitude toward Storms
Technological advancements don’t always involve brand-new applications; sometimes, progress can be made when older technology is utilized in new ways....
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A Vote for Weatherproof Elections
Predicting–as opposed to actually voting in–elections has become a national past-time, if one is to judge the media’s obsession with...
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An Expanding Security Role for the Military
On Tuesday, the Introduction to Environmental Security and Climate Change presented by John Lanicci and James Ramsay of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical...
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Counting the Cards in Nature's Casino
With “New Demands on Science and Services” being the theme of this AMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, it is safe...
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When Wars Are Hot, Crops Are Not
As if it weren’t enough to keep track of arms trafficking, political mischief, and ethnic tensions around the world, now...
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Taking a Dive in the Maldives
In the final days before the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the intensity of rhetoric has been unrelenting. Inevitably,...
