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• Fall 2018

  Ground Truth: Corona Landmarks

  Julie Anand, Damon Sauer

  

  In this series of images of what remains of the Corona project, Julie Anand and Damon Sauer investigate our relationship to the vast networks of information that encircle the globe. The Corona… Read More

• Winter 2017

  Fashion, Animal, Sound

  Steve Miller

  

  The images in Steve Miller’s Fashion, Animal, Sound series are all X-rays. He began experimenting with the technology decades ago because it enabled him to re-invent the notion of a portrait by… Read More

• Spring 2017

  Glass Microbiology

  Luke Jerram

  

  Luke Jerram’s multidisciplinary arts practice involves the creation of sculptures, installations, and live artworks. He lives in the United Kingdom and creates work across the globe. Glass Microbiology is a collection of… Read More

• Summer 2019

  Protecting the Accuracy of the 2020 Census

  Constance F. Citro

  Since 1790, US census data has been built into the fabric of the society, economy, and polity—and strong systems can assure accuracy.

• Summer 2018

  Philosopher’s Corner: What Is Science in the National Interest?

  J. Britt Holbrook

  It all began in the middle of the fourth century BCE. Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics established a hierarchy of goods that laid the foundation for today’s science policy debates. A good pursued for… Read More

• Summer 2019

  Walking in Antarctica

  Helen Glazer

  

  Walking in Antarctica is inspired by Helen Glazer’s experience as a 2015 grantee of the National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers Program. Since returning from her trip, she has been working… Read More

• Winter 2019

  Forum – Winter 2019

  Roger Pielke Jr., Carolyn Asbury, Jason Scott Robert, Zaven S. Khachaturian, Gagan S. Wig, Harrison Keller, Jason A. Tyszko, Arthur C. Graesser, Stefan C. Wolter, Tim Schokker, Ted Reininga, Daniel L. Goroff, Margaret O'Mara, Ryan Nunn, Lisa Keränen, Kate Marvel, Jean Goodwin, Paul B. Thompson

  Alzheimer’s dilemmas In “Progress Against Alzheimer’s Disease?” (Issues, Fall 2018), Robert Cook-Deegan recaps the remarkable confluence of policy, advocacy, and practice that helped transition care and caregiver respite from an isolated… Read More

• May 24, 2019

  Diverse Views Needed in Regulating Human Gene Editing

  Tom Burroughs

  A recent Washington Post editorial examined advances in human gene editing—and the challenges created—calling for the international science community to develop regulations “that will enable genuine scientific advancement but avoid reckless fiddling… Read More

• Summer 2018

  Beyond Patents

  Jeffrey Funk

  Over the past 20 years, patent analysis has become a dominant method of studying innovation. The number of papers containing “patent citation” listed in Google Scholar rose from fewer than 10 in… Read More

• Spring 2019

  Human Genome Editing: Our Future Belongs to All of Us

  Françoise Baylis

  In late November 2018, the Chinese scientist He Jiankui ignited a media firestorm with the birth announcement of “healthy” twin girls, Lulu and Nana (pseudonyms), born following germline genome editing to provide… Read More

• Spring 2019

  Editor’s Journal

  Kevin Finneran

  The first scientific papers about breakthrough developments in the use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR appeared in late 2012 and early 2013. Researchers soon recognized that this relatively accurate and easy-to-use technology… Read More

• Fall 2018

  Investing in Entrepreneurs Everywhere

  Tracy Van Grack

  In July 2018, the US House of Representatives—in a surprising act of bipartisanship—passed a collection of bills dubbed the Jobs Act 3.0. The bills, broadly speaking, were designed to ignite innovation and… Read More

• Fall 2017

  What Does Innovation Today Tell Us About the US Economy Tomorrow?

  Jeffrey Funk

  How does the future of technological innovation look for the United States economy? Experts disagree. Techno-optimists such as Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Martin Ford, and Ray Kurzweil claim that there are endless… Read More

• Spring 2018

  We Need New Rules for Self-Driving Cars

  Jack Stilgoe

  There is a sign on the campus of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Virginia that reads “From tragedy we draw knowledge to improve the safety of us all.” The NTSB… Read More

• Winter 2019

  Facts and Fears

  Jean Goodwin, Kate Marvel, Lisa Keränen, Roger Pielke Jr.

  In “Fear Mongering and Fact Mongering” (Issues, Fall 2018), Adam Briggle notes that he was a graduate student in one of my classes some 15 years ago. In fact, he… Read More

• Winter 2019

  Why the United States Should Partner With Africa to Deploy Advanced Reactors

  Jessica Lovering, Kenton De Kirby

  Africa has nuclear power in its future. Interest in nuclear energy technologies among African nations is considerable and growing. Of the 30 countries identified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as… Read More

• Winter 2018

  Forum – Winter 2018

  Daniel Sperling, Edward A. Parson, Jane C. S. Long, Richard R. Nelson, Keith Kloor, Irwin Feller, Ben Shneiderman, Sallie Keller, Stephanie Shipp, Alan Jenn, David L. Greene, Laura M. Hartman, Lisa H. Sideris, Yves Gingras

  What drives innovation? In “What Does Innovation Today Tell Us about the US Economy Tomorrow?” (Issues, Fall 2017), Jeffrey Funk starts with an assertion that puzzles me, but after that… Read More

• Fall 2018

  William Utermohlen

  Issues

  

  William Utermohlen was born in south Philadelphia in 1933. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1951 to 1957 and on the G.I. bill at the Ruskin School… Read More

• October 2, 2018

  Revisiting the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

  Tom Burroughs

  A century ago this year, influenza swept much of the world, killing perhaps 50 million people—one of every 30 humans on the planet. Today, top health groups say flu pandemics are nearly… Read More

• Summer 2016

  Detroit Industry Murals

  Diego Rivera

  

  The Detroit Industry murals by prominent Mexican artist Diego Rivera pay tribute to Detroit’s manufacturing base and labor force. In the first half of the twentieth century, Detroit was the center of… Read More