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The Office of Science & Technology Policy is a board that advises the President on the “effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs” (is that broad or what?). Last week, they launched a blog forum to solicit public input on the issue of access to publically-funded research. This is all part of [...] Interesting article in Tuesday’s New York Times. Apparently, the Iraqi security forces have taken to using divining rods to search for explosives, against the advice of U.S. trainers and advisers. The small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a swivel, is being used at hundreds of checkpoints in Iraq. But the device works “on [...] The 2009 Nobel Prize winners for the science categories were revealed this week, and the United States were well represented. I read a couple of articles praising the National Institutes for Health (NIH) on its enduring commitment to funding basic research, and I began to wonder how much of the research that has won Nobel [...] |
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