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Nations closed the climate conference in Bali with vows to tackle climate change. Scientists are taking the government leaders at their word. Jim Hansen – director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the US, who has long warned that global warming poses real dangers to the planet, including species extinction, raised sea levels and ruined coastlines – urges governments to back away...

Mexico struggles to compete with low labor costs of Asian manufacturers, but has established a niche in manufacturing aerospace equipment because of location. Massive items that entail expensive transportation fees used to be manufactured in distant countries with highly skilled work forces, like Japan and Taiwan. But the Mexican government has invested in training programs for aerospace workers...

Clocks, zero and paper – these and many other fundamental innovations emerged in Asia. Yet around the 15th century, the surge in Asian innovation tapered off. Scholars seek to explain sources for innovation and posit that leaders must provide incentives for progress; internal or external forces can give inventors a sense of purpose. Today, Asians are eager to pursue innovation through education...