WIWES contributed by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
The Indian Ocean as New Nexus for Science
The global epicenter of twentieth-century science was the Atlantic Ocean. The richest flows of scientific ideas and labor took place Europe and North America. In the coming decades, a new regional nexus for science and innovati...
The rising attractiveness of unintended consequences
Unintended consequences seem to plague our best efforts to plan these days. Financial writer Shishir Nigam declared in mid-2010 that "one of the biggest themes in this current investment environment and in the next few years wi...
Cubesats and the revolution in space science
Cubesats-- 1 liter-sized satellites weighing no more than a kilogram-- have been around for about a decade, and are now starting to be the subject of serious scientific and defense research. New programs sponsored by NASA and t...
