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Geotimes May 2006 Naomi Lubick |
Mixed View on Pesticide Pollution The amount of pesticides in U.S. streams has generally decreased, according to a recent assessment. But urban streams are carrying more and more pesticides, and the number of different chemicals present simultaneously has gone up, raising concerns among some researchers.  |
Geotimes May 2006 Naomi Lubick |
Yucca Mountain e-Mails Reviewed The content of e-mails sent by U.S. Geological Survey employees that raised concern over work at Yucca Mountain -- site of the controversial future nuclear waste repository in Nevada -- should not affect the final scientific assessments of the site, according to an analysis.  |
Geotimes May 2006 Constantine & Wilkinson |
Translating Science Into Informed Policies To discuss how to get more scientific integrity into policy-making, graduate students at the University of California in Santa Barbara held a panel discussion with the hopes of raising awareness about political interference in government science.  |
Geotimes May 2006 Steven Quane |
The Rocket Docket: Legislating Science Out of Public Policy Rhetorically, little resistance exists for U.S. policy-makers to use science fairly and justly in creating the laws of the land. Procedurally, however, that is certainly not the case.  |
Geotimes May 2006 Naomi Lubick |
Ralph Cicerone: Chemistry, Baseball and Politics The head of the National Academy of Sciences has completed his first year as as the head of an institution that is a major scientific voice in Washington, D.C., with a global impact.  |
Inc. May 2006 Joel Kotkin |
Boomtowns '06 Bellingham, Washington; St. George, Utah; McAllen, Texas... You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs.  |
Inc. May 2006 Kotkin & Shires |
Boomtowns '06: Hottest Small Cities Employment Base of Less Than 150,000: Yuma, Arizona... St. George, Utah... Fort Walton Beach-Crestview, Florida... Coeur d'Alene, Idaho... etc.  |
Inc. May 2006 Kotkin & Shires |
Boomtowns '06: Hottest Midsize Cities Employment Base of 150,000-450,000: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida... McAllen-Edinburg, Texas... Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida... Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida... etc.  |
Inc. May 2006 Kotkin & Shires |
Boomtowns '06: Hottest Large Cities Employment Base of 450,000 or more: Las Vegas... Fort Lauderdale... Orlando... West Palm Beach-Boca Raton... Phoenix... Washington, D.C.-Arlington-Alexandria... etc.  |
Inc. May 2006 |
Statistics: Income Highest Median Household Income: Sugar Land, TX $84,842... Missouri City, TX $71,902... Lowest Median Household Income: Miami, FL $24,031... Cleveland, OH $27,688... etc.  |
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