Science & Technology

Some argue that an 'information revolution' has fundamentally
altered the way the world works, plays, and even thinks. But the
intersection of globalization and science and technology doesn't stop
there. Innovations like Global Positioning System (GPS)-equipped cars,
genetically modified (GM) foods, and water purification systems have
alternately delighted, frightened, or liberated people around the globe -
empowering some and rendering others helpless. Much of this scientific
and technological advance has been the result of international cooperation
on a scale previously unseen. The following articles have been assembled
to shed light on these and other related issues.

Louise Story The New York Times, 15 April 2008
Tracking individual internet searches can boost company profits
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Anthony P. D’Costa YaleGlobal, 9 April 2008
Emigration of technology workers from developing countries no longer seen as brain drain
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Doreen Carvajal The International Herald Tribune, 3 April 2008
Western nations link up to defend the internet
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Samuel G. Freedman The New York Times, 5 March 2008
The internet’s power to spread fiction can be as potent as its ability to spread fact
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Brad Stone The New York Times, 26 February 2008
A mistake shows that the internet is vulnerable to censorship and attacks
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John Schwartz The New York Times, 12 February 2008
The internet and hobbyists reshape the notion of public information concerning satellites
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Chris Salzberg The Japan Times, 7 February 2008
Regulation could inadvertently destroy innovation
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Matthias Schulz Spiegel Online, 24 January 2008
With high demand for antiquities, art forgers go to great lengths in researching art, securing materials and carrying out schemes
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Jeff Bailey and Nicola Clark The New York Times, 17 January 2008
Boeing discovers that it’s not easy to backtrack on outsourcing
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Anand Giridharadas The New York Times, 7 January 2008
Speed, efficiency, and convenience have trumped the romance and nostalgia associated with letter-writing
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