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How fiber arts help build the spatial intuition that’s necessary for certain kinds of scientific research.

As “entrepreneurial universities” become the norm, institutional leadership must take a more active role in supporting and preparing researchers for public freedom of information requests.

For students of science policy, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s work on the Manhattan Project is a quintessential case study in the ethics of science. What does a new biopic about the scientist get right or wrong, which issues does it interrogate, and what does it elide?

A new documentary chronicles how a DC power couple brought political urgency to fighting a fatal neurodegenerative disease.

Faced with a historic opportunity to center societal considerations in scientific research and technology creation, the National Science Foundation can build upon the agency’s previous work.

Scientized discussions on how to interpret the beginning of life are not productive.

Disasters and recovery response efforts can exacerbate the marginalization of LGBTQ+ people. New policy mandates might help.

The military plays an outsized role in US research and development, but the costs are rarely acknowledged. Shifting from a competitive model of innovation to a collaborative one would bring benefits—and security—to the United States and the world.

A new documentary about the use of CRISPR precision gene editing technology to make changes to the human genome raises complex and difficult questions.

Perfect should not be the enemy of the good: reducing American vehicle emissions will require policies that support a variety of alternatives to fossil fuel-burning, nonhybrid vehicles.

To improve pandemic preparedness, the US government needs to designate a single authority to coordinate and consolidate the disparate functions now spread across many departments and agencies.

True public engagement must build upon current investments in communication, education, and outreach to seek community involvement in shaping the research enterprise.