Preparing for the Bioconvergence | Summer 2025 https://issues.org/issue/41-4/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:37:10 +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 Preparing for the Bioconvergence | Summer 2025 https://issues.org/issue/41-4/ 32 32 For Better Soil, Get Better Data https://issues.org/better-soil-data-zhong-mitchell/ https://issues.org/better-soil-data-zhong-mitchell/#respond Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46458 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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]]> https://issues.org/better-soil-data-zhong-mitchell/feed/ 0 Google “Toaster Laser” https://issues.org/google-toaster-laser/ https://issues.org/google-toaster-laser/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46782 If all research and technology are dual use, how does one regulate and control access to potentially dangerous technologies?

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]]> https://issues.org/google-toaster-laser/feed/ 0 How to Catalyze a Safer and More Sustainable Chemical Industry https://issues.org/safer-sustainable-chemistry-industry-turner-tickner-jacobs/ https://issues.org/safer-sustainable-chemistry-industry-turner-tickner-jacobs/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46434 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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]]> https://issues.org/safer-sustainable-chemistry-industry-turner-tickner-jacobs/feed/ 0 A Unique Technician-to-Engineer-to-Scientist Progression https://issues.org/navajo-tech-advanced-manufacturing-halliday/ https://issues.org/navajo-tech-advanced-manufacturing-halliday/#respond Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46442 How Navajo Tech’s advanced manufacturing program fights brain drain from ancestral lands.

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]]> https://issues.org/navajo-tech-advanced-manufacturing-halliday/feed/ 0 The Fragility of Doing Good https://issues.org/research-proposals-meyer-michelson-forum/ https://issues.org/research-proposals-meyer-michelson-forum/#respond Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46711 The current environment for both philanthropic funding and nonprofit work may make it difficult to enact institutional changes.

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]]> https://issues.org/research-proposals-meyer-michelson-forum/feed/ 0 Indigenous Futurisms https://issues.org/indigenous-futurisms/ https://issues.org/indigenous-futurisms/#respond Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46685 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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]]> https://issues.org/indigenous-futurisms/feed/ 0 Cultivating Mastery in Place https://issues.org/indigenous-entrepreneurship-feldman-kayaani-george/ https://issues.org/indigenous-entrepreneurship-feldman-kayaani-george/#respond Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46444 Diné entrepreneurs entwine economic renewal with mutual obligation, providing a model of regional economic development that serves the community.

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]]> https://issues.org/indigenous-entrepreneurship-feldman-kayaani-george/feed/ 0 A Century of Conflict Over Evolution Education https://issues.org/evolution-education-hundred-years-trial-scopes-branch/ https://issues.org/evolution-education-hundred-years-trial-scopes-branch/#respond Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46422 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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]]> https://issues.org/evolution-education-hundred-years-trial-scopes-branch/feed/ 0 Being a Good Mentor https://issues.org/inclusive-science-mentors-asai-forum/ https://issues.org/inclusive-science-mentors-asai-forum/#respond Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46629 Mentorship is a powerful tool in accelerating the development and careers of all scientists.

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]]> https://issues.org/inclusive-science-mentors-asai-forum/feed/ 0 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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