Software Patent DebateProponents of software patents argue that software deserves the protection of patents just as any other invention does. Software is simply a description of computer instructions that allow a process or perform complex tasks.Critics of software patents argue that they stifle innovation tather than promote it by cutting off the free ...
Visionary Strategies for SustainabilityExamine the root causes leading up to the Gulf Coast oil spill, one of the worst environmental disasters in history, and ways to prevent such calamitous events from happening again. Understand the forces that drive society's unsustainable ways, and learn practical alternatives in this lively and engaging presentation.
Science fiction portrays our Milky Way Galaxy as filled with habitable planets populated by advanced civilizations engaged in interstellar trade and conflict. Back in our real universe, Earth-like planets and alien life have proved elusive. Has science fiction led us astray? NASA has launched a space-borne telescope, Kepler, dedicated to ...
