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Recent Science & Policy News Archive

 

Assessing the Value of Small Wind Turbines: With the California blackouts of 2001 still a painful memory, Chris Beaudoin wants to generate some of his own electricity. He marveled the other day at how close he is to that goal, gazing at two new wind turbines atop his garage roof. They will soon be hooked to the power grid.
September 4th, 2008

 

For the Brain, Remembering Is Like Reliving: Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it.
September 4th, 2008

 

About Death, Just Like Us or Pretty Much Unaware: As anybody who has grieved inconsolably over the death of a loved one can attest, extended mourning is, in part, a perverse kind of optimism. Surely this bottomless, unwavering sorrow will amount to something, goes the tape loop.
September 4th, 2008

 

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Innovation policy: not just a jumbo shrimp: Policies that predict and direct innovative research might seem to be a practical impossibility, says CSPO Co-Director David H. Guston in this Nature Commentary, but social sciences point to a solution.

 

Can Technology Make you Better: As the future unfolds, the idea of mankind designed its own evolution through a mix of evolutionized technology is becoming a reality. In this exciting speech, CSPO's Daniel Sarewitz discusses the implications and the future of what is known as transhumanism.

 

ASU Asks for Science Funds: ASU representatives went to Washington, D.C., last week to urge congressional leaders to boost what they say is insufficient federal science funding. The supplemental package is necessary now because of weaker grants in coming years for ASU and other universities. Daniel Sarewitz, director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at ASU, disuccsses how progressive ASU projects are attracting more funding than ever before.

 

 

 

CSPO Ideas Archive

 

Characterizing the Public Value of Interagency Climate Science: Presented at the Copenhagen International Public Value Workshop by CSPO's own Ryan Meyer.
  » Additional papers from conference can be found here.

 

Technology in the Culture of Progress: Could there be any better mirror into a person’s soul than their views on progress? CSPO's Daniel Sarewitz explores the relation between progress and technology.

 

All We Lack is the Political Will: Technology and Effectiveness in Human Affairs: In a recent Science, Technology, and Public Policy Lecture at the University of Michigan, CSPO Director Dan Sarewitz discusses the role political will, technology, and complexity in solving the “messes” of our world.

 

 

 

New Wheelchair, Controlled by Tongue: A new assistive technology developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology could help individuals with severe disabilities lead more independent lives.

 

Nanomaterial Cleans up Mercury: If you break a fluorescent light bulb, you've got a mess on your hands. The bulbs contain mercury, a potent neurotoxin that turns cleanup into a toxic waste management project.

 

Aging: An Evolutionary Accident? Environmental stresses and cell damage play a role in the longevity of humans and simple soil-dwelling nematodes. But new research shows that in a worm, such stresses have no effect on the changes in gene expression that accompany worm aging, hinting that another process is at work.

 

 

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