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Artificial Intelligence

Who Is Responsible for AI Copyright Infringement?

As artificial intelligence evolves and strains the bounds of copyright and other areas of the law, a creative legal approach can strike the proper balance between regulating and encouraging this new technology.Read More

The Ongoing Transformation

The Hidden Engineering That Makes New York Tick

New York City is the perfect place to understand the importance of modern engineering, but the most valuable lessons won’t be found at the Empire State Building or in Central Park.Read More

Labor Unions

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A Vision for Centering Workers in Technology Development

Including workers’ perspective in AI research and development is crucial to building both effective, equitable technology and public trust.Read More

Public Health

Tribal Health Equity Requires Tribal Data Equity

Tribal Epidemiology Centers, tasked with analyzing the health data of American Indian and Alaska Native communities and reducing health disparities, are often prevented from accessing public health data that are necessary to respond effectively to crises.Read More

Energy Policy

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To Boost Energy Innovation, Pull Technologies Into the Market

Demand-pull policies complement traditional supply-push policies. David M. Hart argues that policymakers should support demand-pull energy innovation policies to create a higher-performing, cleaner, more affordable, and more secure energy system.Read More

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Future Tense Fiction is a speculative fiction series that features short stories from acclaimed authors across a wide range of styles. Each story is paired with original artwork and a response essay from an expert who connects the fictional narrative to real-world policy debates.

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Little Assistance

From the Future Tense Fiction archives: Stephen Harrison’s story follows the first judge on the Moon as he tries to solve a complex liability dispute between NASA and a contractor.

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The Future of Nuclear Power

The US Department of Energy and big tech companies such as Google and Amazon have announced their support for the development of advanced nuclear reactors. Do their efforts prefigure a nuclear renaissance? And what would such a renewal of the nuclear sector mean for society?

Nuclear Innovation

An Ambidextrous Approach to Nuclear Energy Innovation

An Ambidextrous Approach to Nuclear Energy Innovation

Tension between the promise of new nuclear technologies and uncertainty about their feasibility requires a diversified, balanced research portfolio that can be adjusted locally in concert with global progress.Read More

Engineering Education

Educating Engineers for a New Nuclear Age

Radical designs for fission and fusion energy systems require engineers who are grounded in technical knowledge, adept at engaging communities in participatory design, and fluent in ethical, equity-centered communication.Read More

Decentralized Nuclear?

Can Nuclear Power Go Local?

With origins in the Cold War military-industrial complex, nuclear power struggles to reinvent itself as part of the inclusive, democratic future envisioned by progressives.Read More

Nuclear Waste

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Deep Time: The End of an Engagement

For all its flaws, US nuclear waste policy at least relied on a sense of a moral responsibility toward the present and future. That may now be changing.Read More

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