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Make science, not war

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Post-war research in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina has been very minimal, as the government continues to provide inadequate reconstruction aid to the city. The country's siege incurred as much as $20 million in physical damages among Bosnian universities and research institutions.

Author: Musser, George
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
Evaluation, Finance, Industrial research, Research, Science and technology policy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Science and state, Science policy, War, War economy, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The climax of humanity

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Demographic, economic and environmental concurrent and interwined transitions are transforming the world. The stabilization of human population, decline in extreme poverty and increase in global warming has put maximum stress on natural resources and human ingenuity.

Author: Musser, George
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2005
United States, Environmental aspects, Poverty, Global warming, Population, Population growth

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Better killing through chemistry

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An organic chemist was able to purchase all the chemicals required to make sarin, a nerve agent, from Sigma-Aldrich, a chemical supplier, indicating that there is no screening of buyers by chemical suppliers.

Author: Musser, George
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
Usage, Purchasing, Chemical weapons, Nerve gas, Nerve agents

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