Aristotle on the Moon Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/40-3/ The best minds on the most important topics. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:56:11 +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 Aristotle on the Moon Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/40-3/ 32 32 Principles for Fostering Health Data Integrity https://issues.org/fostering-health-data-integrity-forum/ https://issues.org/fostering-health-data-integrity-forum/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42806 Almost every generation is confronted with the effects of its past and must adapt. In his 1962 “We choose to go to the Moon” speech, President Kennedy juxtaposed the challenges of his… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/fostering-health-data-integrity-forum/feed/ 0 Needed: A Vision and Strategy for Biotech Education https://issues.org/biotechnology-education-camenares-subramanian-petersen-forum/ https://issues.org/biotechnology-education-camenares-subramanian-petersen-forum/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42752 It is consistently true that as new career fields and business centers arrive, a portion of the population is left on the sidelines. This holds especially true in the biotechnology, medical technology,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/biotechnology-education-camenares-subramanian-petersen-forum/feed/ 0 Embracing the Social in Social Science https://issues.org/social-science-trust-fouche/ https://issues.org/social-science-trust-fouche/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41963 To begin thinking about why all the sciences should embrace the social in social science, I would like to start with cupcakes.

In my research, context is a recurring theme, so let… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/social-science-trust-fouche/feed/ 0 Watcher https://issues.org/watcher-trethewey-poem/ https://issues.org/watcher-trethewey-poem/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41986 At first, there was nothing to do but watch. For days, before the trucks arrived, before the work of cleanup, my brother sat on the stoop and watched.

He watched the ambulances… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/watcher-trethewey-poem/feed/ 0 Innovative, Opportunistic, Faster https://issues.org/energy-system-philanthropy-forum/ https://issues.org/energy-system-philanthropy-forum/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42713 It is safe to say that research into the production, distribution, and use of energy in the United States has emphasized the technological over the social. Let’s be clear: this focus has… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/energy-system-philanthropy-forum/feed/ 0 Channels for Arctic Diplomacy https://issues.org/disease-surveillance-arctic-diplomacy-shok-ginsbach/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41979 Illustration by Shonagh Rae

During the summer of 2016, in Russia’s arctic Yamal Peninsula, a heat wave resurfaced anthrax bacteria long buried in the permafrost. The bacteria then killed thousands of reindeer… Read More

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]]> The Science-Politics Power Struggle https://issues.org/when-science-meets-power-mulgan-review-pearson/ https://issues.org/when-science-meets-power-mulgan-review-pearson/#respond Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41958 Politicians often assume that “following the science” will help make choices more straightforward, public policy expert Geoff Mulgan writes in his book When Science Meets Power. “Yet my experience is that this… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/when-science-meets-power-mulgan-review-pearson/feed/ 0 Drowning in a Mechanical Chorus https://issues.org/generative-ai-cultural-narratives-forum/ https://issues.org/generative-ai-cultural-narratives-forum/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42633 In her thoughtful essay, “How Generative AI Endangers Cultural Narratives” (Issues, Winter 2024), Jill Walker Rettberg writes about the potential loss of a beloved Norwegian children’s story alongside several “misaligned”… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/generative-ai-cultural-narratives-forum/feed/ 0 Inviting Civil Society Into the AI Conversation https://issues.org/civil-society-artificial-intelligence-forum/ https://issues.org/civil-society-artificial-intelligence-forum/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42637 Karine Gentelet’s proposals for fostering citizen contributions to the development of artificial intelligence, outlined in her essay, “Get Citizens’ Input on AI Deployments” (Issues, Winter 2024), are relevant to discussions… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/civil-society-artificial-intelligence-forum/feed/ 0 How to Build Less Biased Algorithms https://issues.org/ground-truthing-artificial-intelligence-forum/ https://issues.org/ground-truthing-artificial-intelligence-forum/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42648 In “Ground Truths Are Human Constructions” (Issues, Winter 2024), Florian Jaton succinctly captures the crucial importance of the often-overlooked aspects of human interventions in the process of building new machine… Read More

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