Benjamin Dubansky, Brooke Dubansky, Brandon Ballengée, and Christopher Just, in collaboration with Le Bleu Perdu Project, "Fresh Sea," from the series Né dans le peche (Born in Sin), 2024. Digitized image from a histology slide of American alligator osteoderm, stained with a modified version of Ramón y Cajal’s picroindigo-carmine and Kernechtrot Nuclear Fast Red. Courtesy of the artists, Le Bleu Perdu Project, Atelier de la Nature.

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Science Politics

Scientific research is often presented as "apolitical"—dealing entirely in objective facts. But research findings are frequently marshalled in support of one political objective or another, and of course the scientific enterprise itself is not immune to politics and political pressure. This section delves into the politics and policy behind science and innovation, covering everything from artificial intelligence to government censorship, climate change to social media, human genome editing to research funding.