Terrorist betting leaves defense agency fighting for autonomy

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FutureMAP (Futures Markets Applied to Prediction) project set up by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) looks whether trading on a futures market could help to predict the likelihood of a terrorist act being committed. DARPA spends more than US dollar three billion each year on unconventional research ranging from quantum computing to biomimetics.

Police Protection, Terrorist Control, Security Mgmt-Kidnapping & Terrorism, Influence, Futures market, Futures markets, Terrorism

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Bush and Congress set debate on priorities

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The U.S. President George W. Bush and the Democratic Congress are debating on their science priorities in the 2008 budget. The president has urged the Congress to sanction the National Institutes of Health (NIH) $28.7 billion in 2008, thereby pleasing the research advocates and the NIH director immensely.

Government domestic functions, Science and technology policy, Bush, George W., United States. National Institutes of Health, Federal aid to research, Government aid to research

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Accelerator plans stalled after US and UK cuts

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The development of the International Linear Collider (ILC) has been delayed to 2010, as the two main investors, the U.S. and the U.K., have partially withdrawn from the $15 million project.

United Kingdom, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Administration of General Economic Programs, Science & research, Foreign Economic & Financial Assistance, Nuclear R&D ex Energy, Research, Economic assistance, Foreign economic assistance, Nuclear research, Colliders (Nuclear physics)

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