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Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: 50% - The percent of Americans who disapprove of building more nuclear plants. Yesterday, the Japanese government upped the severity level of the Fukushima disaster

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In April 2010, amid mounting criticism that his space plan lacked direction, President Barack Obama gave a speech in Florida to lay out a few ambitious goals he had in mind for NASA. The details of how those targets would be met remain somewhat sketchy even today, but the goals themselves were clear--sometime around 2025, the U.S. would perform an unprecedented feat.

The President works on his Libya speech with National Security Advisor Tom Donilon during a conference call on Air Force One, via The White House on Flickr The President's speech last night was primarily billed as his chance to plead his case to the nation for the ongoing military intervention in Libya. But slipped into his remarks was a primer on 21st century leadership in a time of change, a topic Life in Beta is particularly interested in. Here were Mr

Funding for projects like Data.gov and mobile apps for agencies is in danger of being almost fully slashed. The Obama administration swept into Washington in 2008 with promises of both increased transparency and increased use of modern technologies, two things our political system desperatley needed. And while both promises somewhat fell victim to standard Washington infighting and inertia, some of the results were impressive, especially the high-profile Data.gov , which aggregates all government data sets, and USASpending.gov , where you can see how much money government contracts are worth.

On this day in history: 4 AM, March 28th, 1979 marked the time of the U.S.'s worst nuclear disaster , as clouds of radioactive steam vented into the atmosphere above the failed Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania--the public wasn't warned until 9 AM. More happily, in 1797 a chap name Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented a washing machine.

It's highly unlikely that you're going to see any new nuclear power plants built any time in the future, given the now worsening situation at Fukushima. But knee-jerk reactions to the accident are not what's really to blame for the inevitable decline in nuclear production

On the anniversary of Obama's signing of massive health care reform overhaul into law, a look at how the system has changed

A Black Swan event is a metaphor used to explain a disproportionate, hard to predict event that is beyond the realm of normal expectation in history, science, finance and technology.

Once again , the White House wants to hear ideas about innovation in general and eliminating impediments to startups in particular from you Fast Company readers. [video_twistage 1] On March 23, from noon-12:40 p.m. EST, Fast Company senior editor Nancy Cook will travel to the White House with your questions in tow to moderate the panel, "Startup America--Reducing Barriers." It's part of the White House's Startup America initiative, which began with an executive order in January by President Obama, instructing federal agencies to identify and take steps to reduce old or burdensome business regulations.

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Attorneys say they got no response after deadline asking Obama administration to set up claims process, so they filed suit

* Obama sends condolences, promises aid * Pentagon readies ships to help [More]

* Obama sends condolences, promises aid * Pentagon readies ships to help [More]

Michelle Obama had doubts about making a campaign against childhood obesity one of her signature issues.