The Strange New Politics of Science Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/41-3/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:34:27 +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 The Strange New Politics of Science Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/41-3/ 32 32 Documenting a Carbon Bust https://issues.org/forest-lost-review-unsal/ https://issues.org/forest-lost-review-unsal/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45560 Review of "Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon" by Maron E. Greenleaf.

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]]> https://issues.org/forest-lost-review-unsal/feed/ 0 A Toast https://issues.org/a-toast-poem-kaminsky/ https://issues.org/a-toast-poem-kaminsky/#respond Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45595 “To your voice, a mysterious virtue, / to the 53 bones of one foot, the four dimensions of breathing ...”

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]]> https://issues.org/a-toast-poem-kaminsky/feed/ 0 Sea Level Rise Affects Coastal Access https://issues.org/sea-level-rise-public-trust-access-hardenberg-forum/ https://issues.org/sea-level-rise-public-trust-access-hardenberg-forum/#respond Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46321 The fate of the so-called public trust lands along America’s saltwater coasts cries out for more study.

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]]> https://issues.org/sea-level-rise-public-trust-access-hardenberg-forum/feed/ 0 How Dual Use Puts Research Under the Microscope https://issues.org/dual-use-collaboration-markussen/ https://issues.org/dual-use-collaboration-markussen/#respond Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45581 A recent case in Norway demonstrates how dual-use controls can constrict international scientific collaboration without offering commensurate protections.

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]]> https://issues.org/dual-use-collaboration-markussen/feed/ 0 Proposals as Partnerships https://issues.org/proposals-partnerships-meyer-michelson/ https://issues.org/proposals-partnerships-meyer-michelson/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45566 As grantmakers and universities strive for more engaged and societally responsive research, the proposal process could be a place for innovation—and an avenue for institutional change.

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]]> https://issues.org/proposals-partnerships-meyer-michelson/feed/ 0 Japan’s Bold Approach to International Research https://issues.org/japans-bold-approach-to-international-research/ https://issues.org/japans-bold-approach-to-international-research/#respond Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46262 Japan’s efforts to improve international research collaboration by supporting foreign researchers is unprecedented—so why is it seeing little success?

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]]> https://issues.org/japans-bold-approach-to-international-research/feed/ 0 Retooling the Definition of the Skilled Technical Workforce https://issues.org/skilled-technical-workforce-siwe-lancaster-mcdonald-montalvo/ https://issues.org/skilled-technical-workforce-siwe-lancaster-mcdonald-montalvo/#respond Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45577 Why don’t job classification systems recognize what skills today’s occupations really require?

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]]> https://issues.org/skilled-technical-workforce-siwe-lancaster-mcdonald-montalvo/feed/ 0 The Art and Science of Indigo https://issues.org/art-science-indigo/ https://issues.org/art-science-indigo/#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46217 The indigo plant produces an exquisite dye that was so highly prized it was called “blue gold.” One of the few naturally occurring blue pigments, indigo has a variety of artistic and scientific applications.

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]]> https://issues.org/art-science-indigo/feed/ 0 Practicing Health Care for Transgender Youth https://issues.org/health-care-transgender-youth-briggle-forum/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46181 “In medicine,” Adam Briggle writes in “The Heart is Not Neutral” (Issues, Winter 2025), “the view is always from within someone’s body—the view from nowhere cannot be found.” Trained as… Read More

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]]> 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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