Pioneering Research: A Risk Worth Taking

Ask questions not on the agenda
Explore ideas wherever they lead
Pursue goals because they're important

Create options not yet perceived

According to premier researcher Don Braben, these are the vital intellectual processes that underlie all human achievement, the kinds of risk-taking activities that have made our civilization what it is today. Yet, warns Braben, the same pioneer spirit that fueled our meteoric industrial and scientific growth is now being undermined by a growing climate ...