Real Numbers Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/section/real-numbers/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:07:39 +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 Real Numbers Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/section/real-numbers/ 32 32 The Real Returns on NIH’s Intramural Research https://issues.org/nih-intramural-research-irp-real-numbers-alexander-zetina-beale/ https://issues.org/nih-intramural-research-irp-real-numbers-alexander-zetina-beale/#respond Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46453 The intramural research program at the National Institutes of Health generates benefits far beyond the property lines of its facilities and laboratories.

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]]> https://issues.org/nih-intramural-research-irp-real-numbers-alexander-zetina-beale/feed/ 0 What We Learned From 25,775 Environmental Lawsuits https://issues.org/environmental-lawsuits-real-numbers-rea/ https://issues.org/environmental-lawsuits-real-numbers-rea/#respond Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45593 Environmental lawsuits play a critical role in enforcing and upholding environmental laws. Whose concerns are prioritized? What environmental harms are litigated—and which are overlooked?

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]]> https://issues.org/environmental-lawsuits-real-numbers-rea/feed/ 0 Don’t Rank Research Universities—Compare Them https://issues.org/compare-research-universities-brown/ https://issues.org/compare-research-universities-brown/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44619 Collectively, US research universities are the envy of the world. But they do make an unusual collection—a complex mix of public and private institutions pursuing different missions supported by a range of… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/compare-research-universities-brown/feed/ 0 Who Does Science and Technology Policy? https://issues.org/who-does-science-technology-policy-survey-trapani-santos/ https://issues.org/who-does-science-technology-policy-survey-trapani-santos/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43625 To celebrate the magazine’s fortieth year of publication, the Issues team wanted a better understanding of who does science and technology policy, and what it means to even say you’re doing it.… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/who-does-science-technology-policy-survey-trapani-santos/feed/ 0 Governing AI With Intelligence https://issues.org/governing-ai-intelligence-gasser/ https://issues.org/governing-ai-intelligence-gasser/#respond Tue, 21 May 2024 04:30:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42183 Artificial intelligence is now decades in the making, but especially since the emergence of ChatGPT, policymakers and global publics have been focused on AI’s promise and its considerable, even existential, risks. Driven… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/governing-ai-intelligence-gasser/feed/ 0 Tools That Would Make STEM Degrees More Affordable Remain Unexamined https://issues.org/tools-stem-degrees-affordable-baker/ https://issues.org/tools-stem-degrees-affordable-baker/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41984 Last fall’s update from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics once again warned that Black, Hispanic, American Indian, and Alaska Native students continue to be among the “missing millions” in… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/tools-stem-degrees-affordable-baker/feed/ 0 When Farmland Becomes the Front Line, Satellite Data and Analysis Can Fight Hunger https://issues.org/satellite-data-nasa-harvest-ukraine-becker-reshef-mitkish/ https://issues.org/satellite-data-nasa-harvest-ukraine-becker-reshef-mitkish/#respond Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41019 It is difficult to predict exactly how events like extreme weather, pandemics, conflict, and politics will disrupt global food systems and cause people to go hungry. The destabilizing impacts of the COVID-19… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/satellite-data-nasa-harvest-ukraine-becker-reshef-mitkish/feed/ 0 An Age of Disentangled Research? https://issues.org/disentangled-research-china-us-europe-schwaag-serger-martins/ https://issues.org/disentangled-research-china-us-europe-schwaag-serger-martins/#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40318 Understanding the nuances of international scientific collaboration between China and the rest of the world offers insights into the future of global science.

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]]> https://issues.org/disentangled-research-china-us-europe-schwaag-serger-martins/feed/ 0 How Science Gets Drawn Into Global Conspiracy Narratives  https://issues.org/science-mrna-conspiracy-theories-twitter-tuters-willaert-meyer/ https://issues.org/science-mrna-conspiracy-theories-twitter-tuters-willaert-meyer/#respond Mon, 15 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=38799 A few short years ago, mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) was the subject of fundamental research, but it is now known as the basis for COVID-19 vaccines. At the same time, the concept… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/science-mrna-conspiracy-theories-twitter-tuters-willaert-meyer/feed/ 0 To Support Evidence-Based Policymaking, Bring Researchers and Policymakers Together https://issues.org/evidence-based-policymaking-researchers-policymakers-collaborate-crowley-scott/ https://issues.org/evidence-based-policymaking-researchers-policymakers-collaborate-crowley-scott/#respond Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=37968 Scientists frequently bemoan the gap between science and policy, seeing the slow adoption of scientific and technological solutions through research-informed policy as missed opportunities to help people and benefit society. Yet if… Read More

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