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From Here to Immorta |
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| Until recently, only a tiny fraction of Americans reached their 100th birthdays. Yet, with technologies available today or already in the pipeline, this number has already begun to increase dramatically. For example, in 1990, there were 37,306 Americans who were at least 100 years old. By the year 2010, there will be 131,000. And, by 2050, projections by the U.S. Census Bureau anticipate there being 834,000 centenarians. |
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Carbon Nanotube Elec |
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| As we all know, computer chips have been getting smaller, faster, and cheaper year-by-year for decades now. Today, some $10 pocket calculators pack more power than the most sophisticated, multi-million-dollar mainframe computer of the mid-1950s. |
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The Looming Doctor S |
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| With nearly 80 million Baby Boomers approaching retirement age, America is facing a critical crisis. There simply aren萸� enough doctors to care for the aging population.
Currently, the U.S. produces about 25,000 doctors a year. To keep up with the demographic trends, we萸쟫 need between 3,000 and 10,000 more per year. Making matters worse is how long it takes to train a physician ?an entire decade ?which means that by the year 2020, the U.S. will face a shortage of as many as 200,000 doctors, according to a recent report in USA Today. |
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The Female Career "O |
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| To the surprise of many, large numbers of highly qualified American women are dropping out of mainstream careers. In fact, more than half of the women in the class of 1981 from Stanford University left the workforce at some point. |
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Shifting Ideology on |
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| Remember the 1960s, when radical students confronted conservative college administrators and faculty with sit-ins and protest marches? Fast-forward to the 21st century. You��셪l find much of the same spirit on campuses around the nation. But this time, conservative students are defying and protesting the leftist values and policies of the faculty and administrators. What��셲 going on here? |
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