Issues in Science and Technology The best minds on the most important topics. 2025-08-14T14:37:10Z https://issues.org/feed/atom/ WordPress https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Jay Lloyd <![CDATA[For Better Soil, Get Better Data]]> https://issues.org/?p=46458 2025-08-13T13:50:10Z 2025-08-13T10:00:00Z If you were buying a house, would you expect the value of the property to be based on its current condition, or its condition 50 years ago? When it comes to farmland… Read More

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]]> 0 Issues <![CDATA[Google “Toaster Laser”]]> https://issues.org/?p=46782 2025-08-12T15:47:06Z 2025-08-12T10:00:00Z If all research and technology are dual use, how does one regulate and control access to potentially dangerous technologies?

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]]> 0 Jay Lloyd <![CDATA[How to Catalyze a Safer and More Sustainable Chemical Industry]]> https://issues.org/?p=46434 2025-08-14T14:37:10Z 2025-08-11T10:00:00Z The chemical industry’s last century is a story of highs and lows—both provide lessons that can be used to design its future.

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]]> 0 Jay Lloyd <![CDATA[A Unique Technician-to-Engineer-to-Scientist Progression]]> https://issues.org/?p=46442 2025-08-06T13:29:54Z 2025-08-06T10:00:00Z How Navajo Tech’s advanced manufacturing program fights brain drain from ancestral lands.

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]]> 0 Issues <![CDATA[The Fragility of Doing Good]]> https://issues.org/?p=46711 2025-08-04T20:29:21Z 2025-08-05T10:00:00Z The current environment for both philanthropic funding and nonprofit work may make it difficult to enact institutional changes.

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]]> 0 Issues <![CDATA[Indigenous Futurisms]]> https://issues.org/?p=46685 2025-08-05T13:52:51Z 2025-08-04T10:00:00Z An exhibit at the Autry Museum of the American West explores contemporary Indigenous art as a means of envisioning alternative futures and championing Indigenous technologies.

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]]> 0 Jay Lloyd <![CDATA[Cultivating Mastery in Place]]> https://issues.org/?p=46444 2025-08-07T19:19:28Z 2025-08-04T10:00:00Z Diné entrepreneurs entwine economic renewal with mutual obligation, providing a model of regional economic development that serves the community.

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]]> 0 Jay Lloyd <![CDATA[A Century of Conflict Over Evolution Education]]> https://issues.org/?p=46422 2025-07-29T19:56:18Z 2025-07-30T10:00:00Z In July 1925, a young science teacher named John Thomas Scopes was on trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for violating a recently enacted state law, the Butler Act. The law forbade public school… Read More

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]]> 0 Issues <![CDATA[Being a Good Mentor]]> https://issues.org/?p=46629 2025-07-29T19:00:23Z 2025-07-29T10:00:00Z Mentorship is a powerful tool in accelerating the development and careers of all scientists.

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]]> 0 Jay Lloyd <![CDATA[The Real Returns on NIH’s Intramural Research]]> https://issues.org/?p=46453 2025-07-31T14:46:23Z 2025-07-28T10:00:00Z 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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