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2004 Science and Engineering Indicators

The 2004 Science and Engineering (S&E) Indicators report, produced biennially by the National Science Board (also reported on in the May 10, 2002 report), is considered "the nation's most authoritative source for national and international science and engineering trends in education, the labor force, academia and the global marketplace, as well as nationwide and statewide expenditures for research...

http://wayback.archive-it.org/5902/20160210154318/http://www...
Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of US Human Spaceflight Symposium

NASA's History Office Web site is offering a publication for public review entitled Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of US Human Spaceflight Symposium. The two hundred and fifty page document chronicles NASA's history from the Sputnik era to the present including insights from Buzz Aldrin, perspectives on the future, the international space station, and much more. Readers will enjoy...

https://history.nasa.gov/sp4107.pdf
The Knowledge Economy: Is the United States Losing Its Competitive Edge?

In recent years, there has been a great deal of national and international talk about the so-called "knowledge economy" which is of particular interest to policy-makers, economists, and a host of other groups. One of the consortium groups interested in the knowledge economy is the Task Force on the Future of American Innovation. The Task Force is comprised of a number of related member...

https://pingprod.fnal.gov:9031/idp/SSO.saml2?SAMLRequest=hZJ...
The Unexpected Science to Come

This feature article from Scientific American, "The Unexpected Science to Come" by Sir John Maddox, looks at the next 50 years of scientific discoveries and comes to the conclusion that the most important discoveries will be ones we cannot foresee. The article addresses this topic through the lens of previous discoveries and the patterns they present. Within the text, key terms, names, and ideas...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-unexpected-sc...