Energy Update

Every issue explores cutting-edge developments in technology, medicine, education, climate change, and much more. Articles provide in-depth analyses of science and technologyโ€™s impact on public policy, the economy, and societyโ€”bringing todayโ€™s best minds to bear on tomorrowโ€™s most critical topics.

Editor's Journal

  • New Voices, New Approaches

    About six months ago in Tempe, Arizona, about two dozen young scientists, policy wonks, and communicators gathered for a โ€œpitch slam.โ€ In a hotel meeting room near the Arizona State University campus,โ€ฆ Read More

From the Hill

  • From the Hill โ€“ Winter 2011

    R&D funding faces budget cuts In the wake of Republican gains in the 2010 midterm elections, funding cuts to rein in soaring federal budget deficits have jumped to the top of theโ€ฆ Read More

Features

Book Reviews

  • Climate War Cover

    Contesting climate

    According to its dust jacket, The Climate War is โ€œan epic tale of an American civil war.โ€ Eric Pooley is said to โ€œdo for global warming what Bob Woodward did for presidents.โ€โ€ฆ Read More
  • Book cover for Science, Policy, and the Value Free ideal

    The Myth of Objective Scientists

    In Science, Policy and the Value-Free Ideal, Heather Douglas of the University of Tennesseeโ€“Knoxville seeks to challenge the belief that science should be โ€œvalue-free,โ€ meaning that it is guided only byโ€ฆ Read More
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