Contents Spring 2002
From the IOM President
| Institute of Medicine Stands Ready to Face New Challenges in the 21st Century |
Education & Research
| Time to Improve Tech Literacy | |
| U.S. policy-makers, educators need a new approach to technology education | |
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| Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Special and Gifted Education | |
| High-quality instruction and early intervention are key to meeting children's needs |
Engineering & Technology
| A Blueprint for Saving Lives | |
| Better building methods can make terrorist attacks less lethal | |
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| Rollover and Ratings | |
| How useful and accurate is the current five-star system? |
Health, Safety, & Social Issues
| Pursuing Promising Areas -- and Setting Boundaries -- in Human Cloning Research | |
| A National Academies panel probes the scientific and medical aspects of human reproductive cloning | |
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| Can Air Travelers Breathe Easy? | |
| A new look at air quality on planes |
Environment & Resources
| Climate Change Shows That History Indeed Repeats Itself ... Abruptly | |
| Improving our understanding of what sparks sudden climate change | |
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| Bringing Back the Big Muddy | |
| Ecological recovery of the Missouri River calls for a new strategy |
Opinion
| It's Time to Improve Methods for Breast-Cancer Detection | |
| by Maria Carolina Hinestrosa |
Brief Takes
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| A Misfit Scientist Goes to Washington | |
| by Melissa Marino | |
| A doctoral candidate writes about her experience at the Academies and exploring career options as a young scientist. |
New Projects & Publications
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