Online Exclusives
The online exclusives featured here offer short takes on a variety of subjects. From Big Data to the coronavirus pandemic, these essays explore newsworthy topics through the lens of science and technology policy.
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September 26, 2024
Stitches and STEM
Read MoreHow fiber arts help build the spatial intuition thatโs necessary for certain kinds of scientific research.
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June 24, 2024
Preparing Researchers for an Era of Freer Information
Read MoreAs โentrepreneurial universitiesโ become the norm, institutional leadership must take a more active role in supporting and preparing researchers for public freedom of information requests.
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September 7, 2023
The Slippery Slope of Scientific Ethics
Read MoreFor students of science policy, J. Robert Oppenheimerโs 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?
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June 30, 2023
No Ordinary Documentary
Read MoreA new documentary chronicles how a DC power couple brought political urgency to fighting a fatal neurodegenerative disease.
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May 4, 2023
Making the Most of the โEthical and Societal Considerationsโ in the CHIPS and Science Act
Read MoreFaced with a historic opportunity to center societal considerations in scientific research and technology creation, the National Science Foundation can build upon the agencyโs previous work.
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April 27, 2023
The Camouflaged Metaphysics of Embryos
Read MoreScientized discussions on how to interpret the beginning of life are not productive.
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March 10, 2023
Disaster Response Must Help Protect LGBTQ+ Communities
Read MoreDisasters and recovery response efforts can exacerbate the marginalization of LGBTQ+ people. New policy mandates might help.
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February 8, 2023
Collaborate for the Future
Read MoreThe 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 benefitsโand securityโto the United States and the world.
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January 19, 2023
CRISPRโs Icarus
Read MoreA new documentary about the use of CRISPR precision gene editing technology to make changes to the human genome raises complex and difficult questions.
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November 17, 2022
Pathways to More Rapidly Reduce Transportationโs Climate Change Impact
Read MorePerfect 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.
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November 10, 2022
The United States Needs a Director of National Health Security
Read MoreTo 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.
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September 28, 2022
Creating a Science-Engaged Public
Read MoreTrue public engagement must build upon current investments in communication, education, and outreach to seek community involvement in shaping the research enterprise.