News Archive | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/news/ The best minds on the most important topics. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:47:25 +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 News Archive | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/news/ 32 32 Move Slow and Fix Things https://issues.org/news/indigenous-entrepreneurs-navajo-nation-feldman-kayaani-george/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:47:24 +0000 https://issues.org/?post_type=news&p=46776 Silicon Alley, Silicon Hills, Silicon Forest—even Silicon Beach and Silicon Slopes: The dominant vision of regional economic development is modeled on the cluster of high-tech businesses that emerged in the San Francisco… Read More

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]]> Lessons From a Hotter Future https://issues.org/news/phoenix-heat-waves-fiction-cook-moseley/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:31:07 +0000 https://issues.org/?post_type=news&p=46739 Phoenix, now facing record temperatures, will see even longer, hotter, and more frequent heat waves in coming decades, fueled by climate change, the Weather Channel reports. As part of Issues’ Future… Read More

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]]> The Secret Sauce of US Biomedical Innovation https://issues.org/news/nih-intramural-research-program-alexander-zetina-beale/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?post_type=news&p=46679 Despite proposals to cut funding for the National Institutes of Health, the agency remains the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. Last year, NIH dispersed most of its $47… Read More

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]]> Feds Propose Overturning EPA Climate Regulations https://issues.org/news/epa-climate-mitigation-white-newsome/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:31:07 +0000 https://issues.org/?post_type=news&p=46673 The Trump administration plans to curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of the greenhouse gas emissions widely linked to climate change, NPR reports. The change would likely boost the importance of the… Read More

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]]> Why the US Is a “Difficult” Science Partner https://issues.org/news/us-difficult-science-diplomacy-partner-donovan/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:28:27 +0000 https://issues.org/?post_type=news&p=46624 International science and technology collaborations bring many benefits beyond access to critical technologies and scientific knowledge. Partnering also enables the development of shared norms and practices, expands capacity to undertake complex projects,… Read More

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]]> Worries Grow About the “Coastal Squeeze” https://issues.org/news/worries-about-coastal-squeeze-dean-forum/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:58:28 +0000 https://issues.org/?post_type=news&p=46601 With sea levels rising, conflicts are increasing over rules governing the use of “public trust” portions of the nation’s beaches, often defined as the area below the high-tide line, Cornelia Dean reports… Read More

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]]> Reconsidering “Mirror Life” https://issues.org/news/reconsidering-mirror-life-evans-callender-deveraj-isaacs-kaebnick/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?post_type=news&p=46569 Just as humans have left and right hands that are mirror images of one another, the molecules in our cells have similar properties. Proteins, for instance, are composed of “left-handed” amino acids.… Read More

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]]> US Infrastructure Facing Increased Climate Risks https://issues.org/news/infrastructure-climate-risks-chester-miller-munoz-erickson/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:49:35 +0000 https://issues.org/?post_type=news&p=46562 Nearly all the nation’s infrastructure—the physical and organizational structures and facilities that support modern life—are increasingly threatened by climate change, according to a CNBC report on the latest analysis by the American… Read More

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]]> Even Better Obesity Drugs on the Horizon https://issues.org/news/obesity-drugs-schmidt-hagenaars/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:54:07 +0000 https://issues.org/?post_type=news&p=46382 Researchers are making rapid progress on more than a dozen new drugs for obesity that may prove even more powerful and easier to use than today’s revolutionary medications, The New York Times… Read More

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]]> Court Removes Hurdle for Nuclear Waste Disposal https://issues.org/news/supreme-court-nuclear-waste-disposal/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:33:40 +0000 https://issues.org/?post_type=news&p=46361 The US Supreme Court has removed a major legal roadblock to plans to build several facilities for temporarily storing nuclear wastes produced by power plants, even as plans for permanent storage remain… Read More

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