http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/The_National_Research_CouncilFind stories, videos, and photos about The National Research Council from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:10:36 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2008/US/10/07/terrorism.behavior/tztop.detroit.airport.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/The_National_Research_Council14433Find stories, videos, and photos about The National Research Council from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/07/terrorism.behavior/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/07/terrorism.behavior/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo methods the federal government wants to use to find terrorists -- "data mining" and "behavior detection" -- are dubious scientifically and have "enormous potential" for infringing on law-abiding Americans' privacy, a consortium of scientists said.Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:29:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1834547,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1834547,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOr something close to it. Some are calling on the Pentagon to build a quick-strike, non-nuclear weapon that can attack targets anywhere on the planetThu, 21 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1822831,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1822831,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA high-profile push by business groups to double the number of U.S. bachelor's degrees awarded in science, math and engineering by 2015 is falling way behind targetTue, 15 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1733994,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1733994,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsShort-term exposure to smog, or ozone, is clearly linked to premature deaths that should be taken into account when measuring the health benefits of reducing air pollutionTue, 22 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/11/globalwarming.overview/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/11/globalwarming.overview/index.html#cnnSTCTextExplorer Dennis Schmitt found an island nearly two years ago near Greenland.Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:23:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1721277,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1721277,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFlooded roads and subways, deformed railroad tracks and weakened bridges may be the wave of the future with continuing global warmingTue, 11 Mar 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/07/25/earth.satellites/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/07/25/earth.satellites/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe American Association for the Advancement of Science calls it a crisis. Atmospheric scientist Timothy L. Killeen, the president of the American Geophysical Union, says it "could harm our ability to protect our citizens." We call it plain old scary. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/01/8375363/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/01/8375363/index.htmTHE BOILING DEBATE over the economics of immigration may give you an eerie sense of déjà vu, and no wonder: Its superheated rhetoric recalls the polarized and exaggerated arguments over open trade ... Mon, 01 May 2006 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/04/17/magazines/fortune/immigration_fortune_050106/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/04/17/magazines/fortune/immigration_fortune_050106/index.htmThe boiling debate over the economics of immigration may give you an eerie sense of déjà vu, and no wonder: Its superheated rhetoric recalls the polarized and exaggerated arguments over open trade and globalization in the 1990s.Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:23:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/05/31/370723/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/05/31/370723/index.htmWhat if the next time it snowed your pockets filled with cash? What if a broker could buy a sunny day--and sell short a dreaded winter? Well, it's happening. Over the past few years the weather-der...Mon, 31 May 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/01/13/220899/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/01/13/220899/index.htmBRAINS IN THE OFFICE Mon, 13 Jan 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/09/05/206691/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/09/05/206691/index.htmWHILE OTHER PUBLICATIONS SIMPLY ATTEMPT TO TELL you which colleges are the strongest academically, we set out to identify the 100 best college buys--the schools that deliver the highest-quality edu...Tue, 05 Sep 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/09/16/89147/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/09/16/89147/index.htmWhile other publications simply attempt to tell you which colleges are the strongest academically, we set out to identify the 100 best college buys -- the schools that deliver the highest-quality e...Fri, 16 Sep 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/06/27/79457/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/06/27/79457/index.htmIf Hollywood gave an Oscar for economics, the person who figured out how to measure productivity more accurately would be a sure winner. It's a tough role -- no one really knows what the new econom...Mon, 27 Jun 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/09/10/86810/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/09/10/86810/index.htmThe cost of college has long been a major concern of American parents, but never more so than today. The average bill for a year at a state school was $5,248 in the 1990-91 academic year; the priva...Tue, 10 Sep 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/13/73878/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/13/73878/index.htmWe recently had a long, argumentative, and ultimately fruitless chat about GATB (pronounced gat-be) with Roberts T. Jones, assistant secretary of labor for employment and training. As Keeping Up re...Mon, 13 Aug 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/07/02/73716/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/07/02/73716/index.htmBy way of elaborating the headline, we begin obliquely with the saga of Kateri Tekakwitha. A Mohawk Indian maiden born in 1656, Kateri was exposed to Christian doctrine by Jesuit missionaries and b...Mon, 02 Jul 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/12/01/85518/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/12/01/85518/index.htmClear your mind for a moment of all the notions you've ever held about blacks, whites and racial discrimination. Now take a look at these stark statistics: -- A black household with an annual incom...Fri, 01 Dec 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/07/17/72230/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/07/17/72230/index.htmAmong the more dispiriting events of recent weeks was the publication of Fairness in Employment Testing, a highly depraved document produced by the highly prestigious National Research Council. (Th...Mon, 17 Jul 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/01/65705/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/01/65705/index.htmAs everybody knows, men and women tend to hold different kinds of jobs. We increasingly view the existence of these differences as a major social problem, and we take for granted affirmative-action...Mon, 01 Apr 1985 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/01/07/65456/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/01/07/65456/index.htmWhy are newspapers of every coloration sounding off these days on the 55- mile-per-hour speed limit and the lives it is allegedly saving? Well, it seems that a panel of scholars assembled by the Na...Mon, 07 Jan 1985 05:01:00 EST