With a budget of about $296 million last year, DARPA's Biological Technologies Office (BTO) is making strides in areas like cognitive assistance, immunization, and neurotechnology. These breakthroughs will not only strengthen the country's military, they will also impact the lives of civilians, just like previous DARPA-backed creations the internet and GPS have.

President Obama recently published an article in Science magazine outlining the fall of the fossil fuel industry and the various factors that are contributing to its current decline. Ultimately, he asserts that the fossil fuel industry, which is worth trillions worldwide, is in its final days.

Experts have published a "manifesto" on how to improve science research in four areas: methods, reporting and dissemination, reproducibility, and evaluation and incentives. With research showing that many published scientific papers fail to move science forward, this manifesto provides a much-needed blueprint for progress in science research.

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