By Kerry Ellis According to the World Bank, more than 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean, safe water, and 1.6 million children die each year as a result of illness related to inadequate water supply and sanitation.
By Don Cohen NASA’s Chief Technologist talks about fostering innovation.
By Laurence Prusak One of the great questions in history is why the Industrial Revolution that started in the eighteenth century and went on to radically change almost every aspect of the way people live developed in the West, and especially the northwest corner of Europe.
By Ed Hoffman Last spring I had the opportunity to visit three project-based organizations in the Piedmont region of Italy.
Don Cohen, Managing Editor This issue of ASK features two apparently divergent themes. One is the importance of far-reaching innovation.
By Bo Schwerin Medical technology developed for the space station improves remote diagnostics on Earth.
NASA in the News NASA is seeking private and corporate sponsors for the Centennial Challenges, a program of incentive prizes designed for the “citizen inventor” that generates creative solutions to problems of interest to NASA and the nation.
By Warren Moos, Dennis McCarthy, and Jeffrey Kruk The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) was conceived in the early eighties as a follow-on to the Copernicus mission, launched in the early seventies.
By Harvey Schabes ‘Twas the night before the night before the night before Christmas, a cold and snowy night.
