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The astrophysicist summarizes two of his books and one he has in the works.
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Due to its high visibility, NASA has a far greater impact than what its budget might suggest. Fully funding NASA will stoke a pipeline of scientists and engineers as never […]
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The astrophysicist wants to see more engaged teachers.
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The astrophysicist speculates on the next great scientific breakthroughs.
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The astrophysicist puts on his “pure scientist” and his “American scientist” hat.
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The astrophysicist debunks the notion that scientists cannot be believers
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The astrophysicist says the President Obama understands the issues related to global warming or the energy crisis, but it wasn’t as bad as we think it was under Bush.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on the importance of funding scientific research.
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Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on how the Iraq War contributed to the global economic meltdown.
Lately, Big Think guests have been extolling the virtues of recession entrepreneurship, echoing the idea, essentially, that necessity is the mother of invention. Well, today in the New York Times, […]
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Joseph Stiglitz on The Fall of Lehman Brothers.
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Joseph Stiglitz on the problem of sovereign wealth funds.
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Joseph Stiglitz on The Problem of Too Much Borrowing.
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Should We Hold Lehman Executives Accountable?
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Joseph Stiglitz on how the Iraq War ruined the economy.
The intelligence necessary to track down Osama bin Laden, according to the Telegraph, may travel straight from the Ivory Tower to the desert caves of Pakistan. The MIT International Review […]
Yesterday, web entrepreneur James Currier, the founder of Ooga Labs, launched an open-source encyclopedia for medical information — sort of. Currier’s site, Medpedia, plans to avoid the inaccuracy pitfalls of […]
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The Italian Trade Commissioner comments on the slow process of Eurozone integration.
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Pasquale Bova references the past to see a brighter future for the Italian economy.
Despite India, China, Russia and Brazil, Pasquale Bova still has faith in the US as a leading economic power.