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The panelists elaborated on information and computer technology in Canada and the U.S., including industry and consumer issues, regulation, encryption, and research and development. After th…

Vice President Gore announced that three technology companies will contribute $500 million in research and development funds for developing a new generation of Internet technology. He also …

Neal Lane gave a speech entitled, “Double Helixes and Double-Edged Swords: Cloning and the Conundrum of Scientific Success.” He focused on the complex implications of the recent discovery re…

National Science Foundation Director Neal Lane addressed the Commonwealth Club of California and San Francisco. He spoke about the need for the U.S. to increase investment in scientific rese…

Education Statistics Commissioner, Pat Forgione, released an Education Department report which showed U.S. students well behind countries such as Japan and Germany in math and science scores…

The participants discussed media coverage of science and space news stories. They explored the relationship between the news media and the scientific community, whether the media has the exp…

Current events were examined through; newspaper headlines, journalist/newsmaker/legislator interviews, and viewer phone calls/faxes/e-mail. Newspaper segments included Mr. Kenneth Walsh, of …

Committee members heard testimony on the latest advances in science and science’s impact on the future. This was the first meeting of the newly formed House Science Committee.

Vice President Al Gore and other Administration officials briefed the media today on GLOBE, a program to link students around the world in a worldwide effort to monitor changes in the world’…