Adding to the Policy Toolbox | Summer 2023

Science and Global Conspiracies

Issues — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

What difference does the internet make to conspiracy theories? The most sobering aspect of “How Science Gets Drawn Into Global Conspiracy Narratives” (Issues, Spring 2023), by Marc Tuters, Tom Willaert,… Read More

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Blue Dreams: Rebecca Rutstein and the Ocean Memory Project

Issues — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:55:05 +0000

Blue Dreams is an immersive video experience inspired by microbial networks in the deep sea and beyond. Using stunning undersea video footage, abstract imagery, and computer modeling, the work offers a glimpse into… Read More

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Fostering Clean Energy in Africa

Issues — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

In “Generating Meaningful Energy Systems Models for Africa” (Issues, Spring 2023), Michael O. Dioha and Rose M. Mutiso highlight an important but often neglected issue in current energy transition dialogues:… Read More

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Regulating Space Debris

Issues — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 22:02:40 +0000

This wicked problem needs US leadership

Marilyn Harbert and Asha Balakrishnan’s call to action should be generalized to a broader international audience. Space debris presents a particularly wicked international problem; the millions… Read More

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Zinc Fingers

Jay Lloyd — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:41:18 +0000

Though scientists inform us that criminalshave insufficient zinc I’ve always believedit’s insufficient gold and silver that getsthem going The man who slipped his hand intomy front pocket on the jammed Paris Metrowasn’t… Read More

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How to Clean Up Our Information Environments

Issues — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

I was delighted to read “Misunderstanding Misinformation” (Issues, Spring 2023), in which Claire Wardle advocates moving from “atoms” of misinformation to narratives and laments our current, siloed empirical analysis. I… Read More

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How to Catalyze a Collaboration

Jay Lloyd — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

In the early months of the pandemic, researchers working to respond to the urgent need for information were faced with constraints on conventional collaboration. In an attempt to address both problems at… Read More

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Left Behind by the Green Revolution

Jay Lloyd — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

In the late 1950s, American agronomist Norman Borlaug realized that the disease-resistant strains of wheat he bred under a Rockefeller Foundation-funded program in Mexico could produce high yields in locations ranging from… Read More

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Training More Biosafety Officers

Issues — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The United States has long claimed that there is a need to focus on the safety and security of biological research and engineering, but we are only beginning to see that call… Read More

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Enhancing Trust in Science

Issues — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000

In “Enhancing Trust in Science and Democracy in an Age of Misinformation” (Issues, Spring 2023), Marcia McNutt and Michael M. Crow encourage the scientific community to “embrace its vital role… Read More

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