Molly Galvin Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/byline/molly-galvin/ The best minds on the most important topics. Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:25:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Molly Galvin Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/byline/molly-galvin/ 32 32 “There’s a Real Urgency to Be Ready When That Bioconvergence Happens.” https://issues.org/interview-senator-young-bioconvergence/ https://issues.org/interview-senator-young-bioconvergence/#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46455 Senator Todd Young shares his vision for how emerging biotechnologies can revolutionize agriculture, industry, and warfighting.

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]]> https://issues.org/interview-senator-young-bioconvergence/feed/ 0 “The Currency of Power Is Increasingly Becoming Science and Technology.” https://issues.org/interview-dario-gil/ https://issues.org/interview-dario-gil/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44614 Chair of the National Science Board Darío Gil also leads IBM Research, one of the largest corporate labs in the world. He discusses how science is the new currency of power, the challenges in developing a STEM workforce, and the possibility of a “NATO of science and technology.”

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]]> https://issues.org/interview-dario-gil/feed/ 0 “This Is Also a Time of Great Possibility and Great Capability.” https://issues.org/interview-saul-perlmutter/ https://issues.org/interview-saul-perlmutter/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42855 Astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter is best known for his groundbreaking discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating—for which he shares the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. But Perlmutter, a professor of… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/interview-saul-perlmutter/feed/ 0 Alta Charo Considers Ethics for Stem Cells and CRISPR https://issues.org/science-policy-irl-alta-charo-stem-cell-crispr-ethics/ https://issues.org/science-policy-irl-alta-charo-stem-cell-crispr-ethics/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 23:28:24 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41464 A lawyer and bioethicist by training, Alta Charo has decades of experience in helping to formulate and inform science policy on new and emerging technologies, including stem cells, cloning, CRISPR, and chimeras.… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/science-policy-irl-alta-charo-stem-cell-crispr-ethics/feed/ 0 “Libraries Are That Safe Place for Discussion of Ideas.” https://issues.org/interview-librarian-congress-carla-hayden/ https://issues.org/interview-librarian-congress-carla-hayden/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41025 Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden discusses the dynamic and essential role libraries play in American life—as community spaces, information repositories, trusted sources, and conveners of civil discourse. 

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]]> https://issues.org/interview-librarian-congress-carla-hayden/feed/ 0 Episode 38: Sustaining Science for the Future of Ukraine https://issues.org/episode-38-sustaining-science-future-ukraine-turekian/ https://issues.org/episode-38-sustaining-science-future-ukraine-turekian/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40542 After Russia invaded Ukraine, hundreds of scientists fled the country and hundreds more remained behind. Those scientists who stayed are trying to continue their research and engage with the global scientific community… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/episode-38-sustaining-science-future-ukraine-turekian/feed/ 0 “The More Inclusion We Have in Science, the Better Outcomes We’ll Get.” https://issues.org/eddie-bernice-johnson-house-science-interview/ https://issues.org/eddie-bernice-johnson-house-science-interview/#respond Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=37965 It’s hard to name a single person who has had a greater impact on US science legislation in the twenty-first century than US Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, who recently retired after more… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/eddie-bernice-johnson-house-science-interview/feed/ 0 “What I’m Mostly Afraid of Is That There Will Be Two Sciences—Democratic Science and Autocratic Science.” https://issues.org/jerzy-duszynski-polish-academy-sciences-ukraine-interview/ https://issues.org/jerzy-duszynski-polish-academy-sciences-ukraine-interview/#respond Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:47:48 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=35934 Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, close to 5 million Ukrainians—including hundreds of scientists and researchers—have fled the country, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. More… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/jerzy-duszynski-polish-academy-sciences-ukraine-interview/feed/ 0 “Major Reforms Have Been Driven by Crisis” https://issues.org/jeremy-farrar-interview-wellcome-covid/ https://issues.org/jeremy-farrar-interview-wellcome-covid/#respond Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=33464 As an infectious diseases specialist and director of Wellcome, Jeremy Farrar was among the first people in the world to learn about the emergence of COVID-19. Before helming Wellcome, one of the… Read More

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