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The Cosmos

Blended Worlds: Bridging Art and Science in the Age of Interplanetary Imagination

Inspired by humanity’s journey into space, artists are creating works that extend beyond Earth.

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Science Fiction

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Step Into the Free and Infinite Laboratory of the Mind

Science fiction is a powerful tool for inclusive, engaging science and tech policy conversations. How can we make better use of it?

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The Issues Interview

Portrait of Darío Gil by Shonagh Rae

“The Currency of Power Is Increasingly Becoming Science and Technology.”

Darío Gil, chair of the National Science Board and head of IBM Research, talks with editor Molly Galvin about how science is the new currency of power, the challenges in developing a STEM workforce, and the possibility of a “NATO of science and technology.”Read More

Editor’s Journal

"Searching for a New Protopia"

Searching for a New Protopia

As scientists and government officials reinvent science politics and policies for a new era, the country will need to tell a new story about its future. Can science and technology help realize a better world? Read More

The Ongoing Transformation

Reindeer!

On our latest podcast episode, Jacqueline Hrabok and Bonnie Scheele talk about how reindeer herding requires a deep understanding of the needs of Indigenous communities and academic science.Read More

A Mind at Work

Imo Nse Imeh, "Journey to the Sun" (work in progress), 2024, oil paint, charcoal, India ink and acrylic ink on canvas, 50 x 72 inches.

Monuments to Our Skies

Monuments to Our Skies grew out of Nigerian American artist and scholar Imo Nse Imeh’s deep engagement with questions of faith, trust, belief, and redemption in Black communities.Read More

Future Tense Fiction

Rey Velasquez Sagcal's illustration for "The Wait" by Andrea Chapela

The Wait

When Emilia’s brother disappears, she turns to a government agency that tracks citizens’ locations in real time in order to protect them—only to realize that the agency’s real goal is to simply create an illusion of safety.

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The Winter Issue

Winter 2025 ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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The Future of Nuclear Power

The US Department of Energy and big tech companies such as Google and Amazon have announced their support for the development of advanced nuclear reactors. Do their efforts prefigure a nuclear renaissance? And what would such a renewal of the nuclear sector mean for society?

Nuclear Innovation

An Ambidextrous Approach to Nuclear Energy Innovation

An Ambidextrous Approach to Nuclear Energy Innovation

Tension between the promise of new nuclear technologies and uncertainty about their feasibility requires a diversified, balanced research portfolio that can be adjusted locally in concert with global progress.Read More

Engineering Education

Educating Engineers for a New Nuclear Age

Radical designs for fission and fusion energy systems require engineers who are grounded in technical knowledge, adept at engaging communities in participatory design, and fluent in ethical, equity-centered communication.Read More

Decentralized Nuclear?

Can Nuclear Power Go Local?

With origins in the Cold War military-industrial complex, nuclear power struggles to reinvent itself as part of the inclusive, democratic future envisioned by progressives.Read More

Nuclear Waste

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Deep Time: The End of an Engagement

For all its flaws, US nuclear waste policy at least relied on a sense of a moral responsibility toward the present and future. That may now be changing.Read More

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