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New Rules for Old Roads

Megan S. Ryerson, Carrie S. Long, Joshua H. Davidson, Camille M. Boggan

As more walkers, bikers, and scooter riders take to urban streets, planners need to adopt forward-looking strategies to protect them from being hit by cars.Read More

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The Path to Better Health: Give People Their Data

Jason Cohen

As any family doctor can tell you, the greatest potential for improving health care isn’t discovering new treatments for disease, it’s getting patients to do the things we already know work—exercising, quitting smoking, eating right, and taking medications regularly. Read More

The Government Needs an Innovation Policy for Alternative Meats

Alex Smith, Saloni Shah

Accelerating innovation in alternative meats could benefit the environment, public health, workers, rural communities, and animals.Read More

Can Bacteria Build A Cheaper Refrigerator?

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How “Multiple Breadbasket Failure” Became a Policy Issue

Molly Jahn

In which an agricultural scientist goes from making new squash varieties to trying to improve global food security.Read More

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Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, Winter 2021

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America Needs a New International Strategy for Science, Technology, and Innovation

David Cheney, Christopher T. Hill, Patrick Windham

The global environment for research and development, innovation, and technology-based economic development has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Science and technology funding and knowledge are now widely distributed around the world; companies are much more international, and China has become a leading economic and science and technology power that sometimes plays by different rules than other global economic leaders. Read More