Challenge and Proposal for 21st Century

Stillbirth – a challenge for the 21st century

There are an estimated 2.6 million stillbirths each year [1]. This significant loss of life is frequently unrecognized and hidden from view due to the stigma associated with stillbirth in many countries [2]. Consequently, stillbirth does not receive the prominence it needs in order to influence international policy [3]. Earlier this year these issues were presented in the Ending Preventable Sti...

COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY AS CHALLENGE FOR THE THEOLOGY OF THE 21ST CENTURY

In this article the author first gives an introduction to his own approach to comparative theology (CT). After some introductory considerations, an outline of the idea and foundation of CT is given and is contrasted with traditional approaches to other religions; the methods, goals, and also the limits of CT are discussed; CT is differentiated from religious studies and the theology of religion...

McClintock's challenge in the 21st century.

In 1950, Barbara McClintock published a Classic PNAS article, "The origin and behavior of mutable loci in maize," which summarized the evidence leading to her discovery of transposition. The article described a number of genome alterations revealed through her studies of the Dissociation locus, the first mobile genetic element she identified. McClintock described the suite of nuclear events, in...

Data-Intensive Computing: A Challenge for the 21st Century

In our world of rapid technological change, occasionally it is instructive to contemplate how much has altered in the last few years. Remembering life without the ability to view the World Wide Web (WWW) through browser windows will be difficult, if not impossible, for less “mature” readers. Is it only seven years since YouTube first appeared, a Web site that is now ingrained in many facets of ...

Spin Glasses: A Computational Challenge for the 21st Century