Contents for
January-February 2006
Volume 40, No. 1
A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
By Cynthia G. Wagner,
Managing Editor
Feedback Executive Summaries Back Issues
Tomorrow in Brief
Silent Airplane
Fungi for Your Health
Displays Become Thinner, Sharper, Lighter
Nano Research Targets Bad Hair
Male Births Decline in Canadian Community
2005 Subject/Author Index to THE FUTURIST
News from WFS
Obituary: Art Siemering
By Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon
Environmental sustainability, global partnerships against terror, technology, and drug availability figure in humanity's future.
Innovation in Pharmaceuticals:
Speeding Up the Development of New Cures
By Jay Herson
Pharmaceutical development appears to have slowed, even though medical research has
increased. One reason is the cost of drug development, as well as the business risks
involved. Innovative approaches to raising capital and forming partnerships among
pharmaceutical companies could reduce both the costs and the risks to individual firms.
Scenarios in Practice: Futuring in the Pharmaceutical Industry
By Eric Garland
A consulting futurist offers insights on how a key foresight tool, the Impact/Probability
Matrix, enabled decision makers in the pharmaceutical industry to see how certain trends
could change how they do business.
COVER STORY:
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Thinking Ahead: The Value of Future Consciousness
By Tom Lombardo
Psychologists are recognizing the key role that the future plays in our thinking, our
actions, and our successes and failures in life.
VISIONS: Star Dust in Our Future?
By Cynthia G. Wagner
Astronomers' surprising discovery about a long-dead star may tell a story about how
we discover the future.
Scenarios for "Powerful Times"
A book review by Patrick Tucker.
In his latest book, Eamonn Kelly forecasts a radical convergence of global forces.
In Pursuit of Happiness
A book review by Patrick Tucker.
In Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, British Parliamentarian Richard
Layard argues for a new approach to public policy making based on securing people's
happiness.
Improving Terrorism Preparedness
Fighting Corruption in Developing Nations
Technology
Software for Stressful Decision Making
Eavesdropping on Computer Users
Society
Visual Arts Face Murky Future
Made in China: Branding a New Image
Environment
Tropical Heat Waves
Cattle in the Wetlands
Corals Protect Coasts from Tsunami
Demography
Preparing for Pandemic
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