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The Future of Europe

By Joergen Oerstroem Moeller
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.
Adjunct Professor Singapore Management University & Copenhagen Business School.

The model for European integration goes back to the European Coal and Steel Community from 1952. Its principles have not... read the full article

NASA | SDO: Three Years of Sun in Three Minutes

In the three years since it first provided images of the sun in the spring of 2010, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has had virtually unbroken coverage of the sun's rise toward solar maximum, the peak of solar activity in its regular ... read the full article

Rural-Urban Dynamics and the Millennium Development Goals

Global Monitoring Report 2013: Rural-Urban Dynamics and the Millennium Development Goals provides an in-depth analysis on urbanization as a force for poverty reduction and progress towards the MDGs in the developing world. With less than 1,000 days to go before the MDGs expire, the report highlights the need to accelerate efforts to improve the lives of the poor in both rural and urban areas.

Special Focus: Rural-Urban Dynamics
Urbanization matters. In the past two decades, developing countries have urbanized on a massive scale and this... read the full article

Recommended Book: The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe

By David Marquand
Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain are menaced by financial crises. And the euro is in trouble. In The End of the West, David Marquand, a former member of the British Parliament, argues that Europe's ... read the full article

The Future of Wearable Technology

by Moondial, Sabine Seymour

The PBS Arts Online concept is the core of the PBS strategy for strengthening arts awareness, appreciation and education in America. PBS Arts will promote awareness, spur greater interest, and increase understanding of visual, cultural and performing arts.
As computing moves from our desktops to our phones, we look into the future to see how technology will ... read the full article

Futurist Portrait: John L. Casti

Dr. John L. Casti is a complexity scientist.
“One of America’s greatest pioneers of simulation, Casti has spent his career trying to simulate the real world in the virtual one – from games theory to traffic simulation and even insect infestations.” — London Times
Professor John L. Casti received his ... read the full article

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