June 22, 2012 | US News

Our economy is struggling. Our politicians are campaigning about job creation and growth, but their solutions aren't addressing the fundamental problem facing the United States: our nation's declining rate of innovation, hastened by a cultural apathy to the vital STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

June 24, 2012 | Reno Gazette Journal

Tom Kozel has been studying fungal meningitis for years. It seemed like a rare disease until the Centers for Disease Control did some calculations and found it was killing about 500,000 people a year in Africa. This prompted Kozel and his team at the University of Nevada, Reno to look at ways to change how the disease is diagnosed — and this research provided a model that could be used to create jobs in Nevada

June 20, 2012 | Capital Times

While not unique to Wisconsin, but Ron Biendseil and thousands of other current or retired public employees in Wisconsin are worried about their financial future — and with good reason. Employee pensions are the latest target of small-government advocates looking to cut taxes and reduce spending.

June 20, 2012 | BetaBeat

There are now more than 450 sites offering donation-based crowdfunding or perks-based crowdfunding à la Kickstarter. But the hype around perks-based crowdfunding is nothing compared to the hype around equity-based crowdfunding, where there are at least 100 portals in various stages of development. As it turns out, (so far) overambitious projects are more common than outright scams on Kickstarter