The Pet Economy Roars Ahead
Americans now spend $41 billion a year on their pets — more than the gross domestic product of all but
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Our Plastic Future
As we strive to make products increasingly durable, lightweight, and environmentally friendly, plastics are becoming an increasingly important part of
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Genomic Technologies Emerge as the Answer to World Hunger
Since the earliest times, hunger and malnutrition have stalked the earth. But, in the past 150 years, famine has essentially
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The Time for National Missile Defense Is Coming
Despite its many scientific and political detractors, the idea of a national missile defense system remains extremely popular with voters.
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The Patent Epidemic
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that our system for protecting intellectual property is broken. Rather than encouraging innovation, our patent system
Read moreThe Need for Speed and the Supersonic Boom
By 2010, ultrafast corporate jets will transport executives across the country or across the ocean in half the time of
Read moreSpace: The Final Economic Frontier
As strange as it may sound, space exploration — which has represented a cash “black hole” for government for nearly
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