Collaboration in the Cloud

Can the European Union bridge the gap between aspiration and practice and transform itself into a science powerhouse?

The story of early online communities reveals the social and technical origins of today’s social media—and offers a vision for a more humane internet in the future.

In “Some Extensions on the Sovereignty of Science,” Arizona poet laureate Alberto Ríos dramatizes the delight of discovering the extraordinary in the everyday.

The grand challenges of engineering are widely celebrated, but the grind challenges—the myriad interlocking tasks that keep our highly engineered world functioning—go unappreciated. Giving them their due provides a more mature vision for conceiving and communicating engineering.

The president of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Jerzy Duszyński, talks about his country’s efforts to help scientists from neighboring Ukraine, and what the future may hold for both Ukrainian and global science.

Amid rising political tensions, a group of Western and Chinese scientists interested in biogovernance began meeting regularly to better understand each other and their shared scientific future.

Research into mentorship demonstrates that supporting the next generation of brilliant minds takes collaboration, innovation, accountability, and rewards.

Theory has fallen out of fashion in the sciences, in favor of data collection and number crunching. But the conceptual frameworks provided by theory are essential for addressing society’s most complex and urgent problems.

Although China has seen some success in realizing its ambitious climate goals, the country’s achievements have come at a social and political cost that few democracies could—or should—tolerate.

How collaborative open-source software development increased the velocity of problem-solving in cloud computing—and what that suggests for innovation policy.

The story of how a small network of forward thinkers used biotechnology, entrepreneurial moxie, government-supported experimentation, and powerful storytelling to transform their state into an agent of innovation.

A new worldwide network of scientists and engineers is demonstrating how philanthropy can leverage a highly effective innovation model to solve urgent global problems

Discussions of STEM workforce policy have long featured unsubstantiated claims that the United States has a significant shortage of STEM talent. Better data—and more nuanced understanding of them—are needed to move the conversation forward.