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• April 16, 2020

  Where’s Congress? Don’t Just Blame Trump for the Coronavirus Catastrophe

  M. Anthony Mills, Robert Cook-Deegan

  How in the world did it happen? The United States has the highest rating in the world on the Global Health Security Index, which assesses prevention, capacity for detection, preparedness and planning,… Read More

• July 31, 2020

  Why COVID-19 Needs to Be Political

  Michiel Van Oudheusden, Fabien Medvecky, Stevienna de Saille

  In dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, a repeated message is that we ought not to politicize it. At the same time, social media are replete with stories about how the coronavirus will… Read More

• Summer 2020

  Forum – Summer 2020

  Gerhard Sonnert, Adam Parris, Steve Fuller, Heather Douglas, Christopher Newfield, Marcy Darnovsky, Jonathan Lewis, Duncan McLaren, Karl Zimmerer, Alex Smith, Netra Chhetri, Roger Stoffregen, John Aubrey Douglass, Valerie K. Haftel, Emmanuel K. Peprah Jr., Stephen Posner, David W. Cash, Peat Leith, Sue Rosser, James Robert Brown, Molly Carnes, Clifton A. Poodry, Norman G. Lederman, Michiel Van Oudheusden, Fabien Medvecky, Stevienna de Saille, Michael Feuer

  Cutting carbon Carbon capture and sequestration technologies will play an essential role in climate change mitigation, so it is not surprising that California’s plan for achieving negative emissions, described by Roger D.… Read More

• Summer 2020

  “This Is Everybody’s Issue”

  Margaret A. Hamburg, William Kearney, Victor Dzau

  The editor of Issues in Science and Technology, William Kearney, recently discussed the coronavirus pandemic with National Academy of Medicine President Victor Dzau and immediate past NAM Foreign Secretary Margaret “Peggy” … Read More

• Summer 2020

  The Metro Project

  Chris M. Forsyth

  

  Underground public transit systems play a pivotal role in the day-to-day functioning of cities around the world. They also contribute to a city’s unique visual identity. Captivated by the overlooked beauty of… Read More

• Spring 2019

  Pending Memories

  Adrian Fernandez

  

  The latest series of photographs by Cuban artist Adrian Fernandez portray the backside of billboards situated in surreal landscapes. The complex structures and unexpected shapes are suggestive of Russian constructivism, but the… Read More

• January 17, 2020

  The Big Data Mindset

  Iddo K. Wernick

  Implicit in the widely held expectations of a bright technological future is the belief that a certain comprehensive knowledge about the elements of a system will allow scientists to grasp the rules… Read More

• April 30, 2020

  A Plague Comes to Busytown

  Clark A. Miller

  One of the curious oddities of the COVID-19 crisis is just how poorly science has done at anticipating its twists and turns. Each day, the pandemic seems to surprise us anew. Despite… Read More

• April 29, 2020

  Protect Nature to Protect Ourselves

  Tom Burroughs

  Pandemics such as COVID-19 are increasingly likely as more people come into direct contact with wild animals through such activities as agricultural expansion, rampant deforestation, mining and infrastructure development, and unregulated wildlife… Read More

• April 29, 2020

  COVID-19 Immunity Testing: A Passport to Inequity

  Françoise Baylis, Natalie Kofler

  As COVID-19 case numbers start to plateau in various places, some governments are now focusing on how best to ease restrictions and reopen the economy. In the absence of herd immunity for… Read More

• April 15, 2020

  Pandemic Culprit? Try Humans, not Other Animals

  Tom Burroughs

  Human intrusion into the natural world ultimately triggered the COVID-19 pandemic, says a Bloomberg Opinion article, calling for changes in social and land-use practices so that people and animal-borne pathogens such as… Read More

• April 13, 2020

  Ramping Up R&D to Kickstart the Global Economy

  Bruce R. Guile

  COVID-19 has brought much of the global economy to a standstill. The now-inevitable global recession is like nothing we have experienced before. Governments and businesses are starting to understand that recovery from… Read More

• March 26, 2020

  Dogs Are Not Animal Psychologists

  Jessica Pierce

  I have found myself looking at Bella with great envy these past few weeks. As I try to tamp down my panic and get work done, Bella naps in her dog bed… Read More

• Winter 2020

  China and 5G

  Carolyn Bartholomew

  The Chinese Communist Party is determined to dominate the global digital marketplace. Chinese companies with virtually unlimited access to capital for the development of the next generation of connectivity are going head-to-head… Read More

• Spring 2019

  How Should Science Respond to CRISPR’d Babies?

  Henry T. Greely

  On November 25, 2018, much of the world (including me) was shocked to hear of the birth of the world’s first babies produced from embryos whose DNA had been edited by the… Read More

• July 6, 2020

  COVID-19, DACA, and the Responses of Hispanic Serving Institutions

  Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) are the fastest-growing type of enrollment-based Minority Serving Institutions, serving the educational needs of hundreds of thousands of students, advancing the full spectrum of human knowledge, and invigorating… Read More

• July 2, 2020

  COVID-19, Supporting Learners, and the Responses of our Nation’s Community Colleges

  More than 1,200 US community colleges serve the educational needs of millions of students, advancing the full spectrum of human knowledge while also invigorating the cultural, social, and economic institutions in their… Read More

• Winter 2020

  Neural Glitch

  Mario Klingemann

  

  Mario Klingemann, 2018 Mario Klingemann describes himself as “an artist and a skeptic with a curious mind.” His work spans and incorporates a wide range of tools and technologies, including neural networks… Read More

• June 19, 2020

  COVID-19, Systemic Racism, and the Responses of HBCUs

  Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are among the nation’s most vital and vibrant institutions, serving the educational needs of hundreds of thousands of students, advancing the full spectrum of human knowledge,… Read More

• May 18, 2020

  COVID-19 and the Mission of the US Public University

  A Virtual Town Hall Discussion You can watch a recording of this webinar here. Public universities are among the nation’s most vital and vibrant institutions, serving the educational needs of hundreds of… Read More