Real Numbers Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/topic/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/topic/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 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 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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]]> https://issues.org/evidence-based-policymaking-researchers-policymakers-collaborate-crowley-scott/feed/ 0 Is There Really a STEM Workforce Shortage? https://issues.org/stem-workforce-shortage-data-hira/ https://issues.org/stem-workforce-shortage-data-hira/#respond Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=35937 A robust science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is essential for the United States, serving as the foundation for effective employment, immigration, science and technology, education, and national security policies. Recognizing… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/stem-workforce-shortage-data-hira/feed/ 0 Unmet Desire https://issues.org/researchers-local-policymaker-informal-collaboration-levine/ https://issues.org/researchers-local-policymaker-informal-collaboration-levine/#respond Mon, 02 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=34581 I vividly remember March 2020, the month the United States shut down as COVID-19 spread uncontrollably and upended daily life. At the time, I worked at Cornell University in upstate New York.… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/researchers-local-policymaker-informal-collaboration-levine/feed/ 0 How Higher Education Became an Important US Export https://issues.org/international-students-us-higher-education-statistics/ https://issues.org/international-students-us-higher-education-statistics/#respond Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=32003 The United States became a magnet for foreign students over the last three decades, but the broader interconnected impacts of this shift are not well understood. Between 1980 and 2017, the number… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/international-students-us-higher-education-statistics/feed/ 0 When the Drone Is in Your Backyard https://issues.org/when-the-drone-is-in-your-backyard-nelsen-guthrie-vinsel/ https://issues.org/when-the-drone-is-in-your-backyard-nelsen-guthrie-vinsel/#respond Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=28700 Photo by Mark Blanks

The idea of using unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, to deliver goods to consumers has attracted increasing enthusiasm over the last several years. A handful of companies have… Read More

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