This document contains front matter, a table of contents, and the opening chapter of a 2005/2006 book edited by William Sims Bainbridge and Mihail C. Roco on converging technologies in society. It defines NBIC—the unification of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information technology, and Cognitive science—and details how these fields are progressively merging. The excerpt outlines the contents of the book, which addresses research policies, collaborative challenges, ethical dilemmas, and applications for human progress.
This document outlines the U.S. government's 2013 watchlisting guidance for identifying, consolidating, and screening known or suspected terrorists. It details the operational structure of the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) and its maintenance of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB). The text also specifies the legal authorities, interagency responsibilities, and evaluation standards that govern terrorist nominations and screening activities.
In this 1978 Royal Society of Tasmania lecture, geologist S. Warren Carey revisits continental drift and argues for his controversial expanding-Earth hypothesis as an alternative to a constant-radius Earth with subduction. He then extends that argument to questions about gravity, the origin and evolution of the universe, and a proposed “universal null” in which positive and negative quantities balance. The publication presents Carey’s historical scientific and philosophical views, not an established account of Earth’s geological history.
This document, written by retired Judge Dale in April 2013, addresses New Hampshire's passage of HB 638, which recognized the 'Missing 13th Amendment' (Article XIII) that originally prohibited individuals with 'Titles of Nobility' from holding public office. The author presents a ten-question commentary alleging that historical leaders secretly replaced the organic Constitution with a corporate mission statement and placed the nation under continuous martial law.