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...Unscientific America you've moved on to a more overarching discussion about "scientific illiteracy" in society that threatens to hinder productivity in the U.S. What are some ways we've fallen behind or are in danger of falling behind? Science drives innovation which drives growth, and the concerns are very serious that we are slipping in that area. There are attempts to address it but they are nothing like what you saw after Sputnik when we really, really decided that we were going to be competitive. We're not throwing everything into it. People just aren't in tune...
...been operating for a decade, and had survived martial law in Poland when there was no thought of such a movement in other Eastern bloc countries. Of course, Gorbachev played a significant role in that he allowed Poland to hold partially free elections - the first country behind the Iron Curtain to do so. But it was the boldness of the Solidarity movement, and the millions of Poles who risked arrest or worse by voting for it, that paved the way for the Berlin Wall to fall five months later. Anna Spysz, CRACOW, POLAND...
...computer maker Acer in 1976, he dreamed of creating a globally recognized brand. It was an ambitious vision for a start-up founded in a small Taipei apartment, but Shih, who's known as the father of Taiwan's formidable technology industry, eventually got his wish. Acer now ranks behind only industry giant Hewlett-Packard in the global notebook-PC market, with a 19% share, and is poised to overtake Dell as the second largest computer seller in the world. (Read "New Netbooks Debut at Taiwan Computer Show...
...hours per day to their school calendar. "We're in the early innings of proving how to extend school hours responsibly and effectively," says Chris Gabrieli, chairman of Massachusetts 2020, which helped originate the ELT idea. "But clearly, focusing on the students that are furthest behind is where it makes the most sense. Middle-class kids, they get a lot more learning time outside of school - they get tutors, they get arts programs, they get music programs, they get summer camps." (See pictures of the college dorm's evolution...
...opinion, after several days spent perusing the legislation - there's a 152-page Administration draft and a 229-page bill introduced in the House by Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank - is that the logic behind it is quite compelling. That doesn't mean it will actually work as advertised, especially after Congress is through with it. But it's an idea that deserves a chance...