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Fixing the Broken Government Policy Process
The breakdown of the Washington policy process has four manifestations. First is a chronic inability to focus beyond the next election. “Shovel-ready” projects squeeze out attention to vital longer-term strategies that may require a decade or more.
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Negating "Climategate": Copenhagen Talks and Climate Science Survive Stolen E-Mail Controversy
Release of stolen messages fails to undermine climate negotiations at Copenhagen
A face for politics: New study shows we can tell Democrats from Republicans in head shots
Mixed Impressions: How We Judge Others on Multiple Levels
What the small-brained hobbit reveals about primate evolution
A Moving Experience: Illusions That Trick the Brain
How a Lack of Control Leads to Superstition
Little girls are made of sugar and spice, and learn that math is not nice
More Than Just a Bad Dream--A Nightmare's Impact on the Waking Brain
The Neural Advantage of Speaking 2 Languages
Green for Green: U.S. Stimulus Package Offers Businesses $7 Billion in Environmental Incentives
Are Our Brains Wired for Categorization?
Home Sweet Earthship: Building a Self-Sufficient Bio-House from Old Tires and Recycled Cans
World Changing Ideas: 20 Ways to Build a Cleaner, Healthier, Smarter World
Microsoft's Hands-Free Answer to the Nintendo Wii
Negating "Climategate": Copenhagen Talks and Climate Science Survive Stolen E-Mail Controversy
How a Lack of Control Leads to Superstition
Fixing the Broken Government Policy Process
A face for politics: New study shows we can tell Democrats from Republicans in head shots
The Neural Advantage of Speaking 2 Languages
Engineered Mice Mimic Human Populations
Fall in Love and Stay That Way
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February 2010 Issue
Life from a Test Tube? The Real Promise of Synthetic Biology
Stopping Infections: The Art of Bacterial Warfare
100 Years Ago: The Flooding of Paris
Lost Giants: Disparate Clues in the Mammoth Extinction Debate
Engineered Mice Mimic Human Populations
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