November, 2008

The Times Online reported today on "throwbots," small all-terrain robots that the U.S.

The Global Strategy Institute recently interviewed inventor and futurist

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As Americans prepare to take to the skies later this week during the infamous "Thanksgiving Getaway" they will most likely find themselves face-to-face with our nation’s crumbling infrastructure.

The International Energy Agency's 2008 World Energy Outlook (Going Green the LA Way

The land of glitz and glamour thinks green is the new black.

According to The Washington Times, the National Intelligence Council (NIC) will be

While chronic hunger is a phenomenon usually associated with the developing world, it is a problem that affects many in the United States.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just released a report entitled Climate Change and Water.

This morning Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico came to CSIS to speak about energy priorities in the next Congress.

MIT chemist Daniel Nocera has recreated the leaf.

Thursday, November 20, 2008
8:45 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
5th floor conference room
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC

For some of you, life has become a little less exciting since the Presidential campaign ended last week (as r

It was 11:11 on the morning of November 11, 1918 that the guns finally fell silent, signaling the end of the Great War.

Military leaders from around the world convened in Paris on Monday to discuss the role of the military in fighting cl

John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, presenting Toward a Post-Crisis World Economy

Monday, November 17
12:30 p.m.
SAIS Kenney Auditorium

John McCain conceded. Barack Obama claimed victory. It was finally over. I walked outside into an overcast, wet evening.

This election has been awash with new applications of technology from start to finish.  From the very beginning, the blog, techpresident, h

The global financial meltdown has a number of causes. Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, greed, corruption, mortgage defaults, and derivatives are just some of the buzzwords experts throw around.