Humanizing Energy Futures
What do nuclear fusion power plants, artificial intelligence, hydrogen infrastructure, and drinking water recycled from human waste have in common? Aside from being featured in this edition of Issues, they all require intense public engagement to choose among technological tradeoffs, safety profiles, and economic configurations. Reaching these understandings requires researchers, engineers, and decisionmakers who are adept at working with the public. It also requires citizens who want to engage with such questions and can articulate what they want from science and technology.
Editor's Journal
Supporting Scientific Citizens
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Perspectives
Medicine Means More Than Molecules
Read MoreHas funding for medical research been excluding some science that may have incredible potential to improve human health?
“This Is Also a Time of Great Possibility and Great Capability.”
Read MoreNobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter talks with contributing editor Molly Galvin about how the scientific worldview leads to the ability to stick with a challenge, a willingness to be wrong, and—sometimes—the discovery of “amazing solutions to problems.”
Living in Viele’s World
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Impact
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How to Make Your Own Automaton
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Features
Bringing Communities In, Achieving AI for All
Read MoreArtificial intelligence can exacerbate social problems, but it can also be used to solve them. AI designers and regulators should seek out partnerships with struggling communities, to learn what they need from this emerging technology and build it.
A Binational Journey Toward Sustainability
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Unleashing Synergy or Accelerating Fragmentation?
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An Ambidextrous Approach to Nuclear Energy Innovation
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A Public Path to Building a Star on Earth
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What Can Fusion Energy Learn From Biotechnology?
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Educating Engineers for a New Nuclear Age
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Moving Beyond Hype on Hydrogen
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Industrial Terroir Takes on the Yuck Factor
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Real Numbers
Governing AI With Intelligence
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Book Reviews
AI’s Wave
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Like the Web Is Part of the Spider
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Go to Hell, Robots!
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