Lessons resonate more with students when they can see that what they are learning in class has real, tangible meaning.

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But the task of improving and investing is hindered by the lack of standardized, high-quality data about the grid’s physical ...

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Latin America’s scientific culture can help build stronger institutions and a more just account of where knowledge comes from.

When I was six or seven years old, an elementary teacher asked me to write down what I wanted to be when I grew up. I listed three options: doctor, teacher, and engineer. My teacher was surprised I ...

A core design feature of two funding programs allows them to serve diverse missions across the federal innovation system.

Vannevar Bush is a towering figure in US science and technology policy. A science adviser to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman during and after World War II, he mobilized the US research community in ...

In “The Trap of Securitizing Science” (Issues, Fall 2024), Tommy Shih and Caroline S. Wagner provide a long-overdue warning: to consider the costs of the securitization of science on the progress of ...

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson spent five decades in public service, during which she ushered through landmark science and technology legislation and helped to advance opportunities for all ...

Governing new biosecurity threats is not merely a matter of good intentions and better training; it requires a paying proper attention to the social contexts of science. In a March 2022 paper in ...