Sara Frueh Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/byline/sara-frueh/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:57:01 +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 Sara Frueh Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/byline/sara-frueh/ 32 32 How ADHD Affects Adults https://issues.org/how-adhd-affects-adults/ https://issues.org/how-adhd-affects-adults/#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46184 Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is the second most prevalent psychiatric disorder in adults. David Goodman explains how ADHD affects adults, the complexities in how it’s diagnosed and treated, and open questions for research in the field.

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]]> https://issues.org/how-adhd-affects-adults/feed/ 0 Minimizing Cannabis’s Harms to Public Health https://issues.org/minimizing-cannabis-harms-to-public-health/ https://issues.org/minimizing-cannabis-harms-to-public-health/#respond Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45234 More than half of US states have legalized cannabis, but it remains federally prohibited, which means regulations are decided on a state-by-state basis with little federal guidance. What are the public health implications of current cannabis policy?

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]]> https://issues.org/minimizing-cannabis-harms-to-public-health/feed/ 0 Ending Inequities in Health Care https://issues.org/ending-inequities-health-care-georges-benjamin/ https://issues.org/ending-inequities-health-care-georges-benjamin/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44062 The United States spends more on health care than any other high-income country, yet we have some of the worst population health outcomes. Our health care system is designed in such a… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/ending-inequities-health-care-georges-benjamin/feed/ 0 “You Learn More From Failure—When Things Are Not Working Well.” https://issues.org/interview-katalin-kariko/ https://issues.org/interview-katalin-kariko/#respond Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43611 Katalin Karikó is a pioneer in research on messenger RNA (mRNA) and its medical possibilities, which were revealed on a global scale during the COVID-19 pandemic. With her colleague Drew Weissman, she… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/interview-katalin-kariko/feed/ 0 How Can STEMM Do A Better Job of Caring for Its Caregivers? https://issues.org/supporting-stemm-caregivers-stem-workforce/ https://issues.org/supporting-stemm-caregivers-stem-workforce/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:42:42 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42625 Caregiving is a nearly universal human experience, but it’s not often thought of as an issue with implications for our nation’s science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) enterprise. A new report… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/supporting-stemm-caregivers-stem-workforce/feed/ 0 “AI Is a Tool, and Its Values Are Human Values.” https://issues.org/interview-godmother-ai-fei-fei-li/ https://issues.org/interview-godmother-ai-fei-fei-li/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=41989 Fei-Fei Li has been called the godmother of AI for her pioneering work in computer vision and image recognition. Li invented ImageNet, a foundational large-scale dataset that has contributed to key developments… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/interview-godmother-ai-fei-fei-li/feed/ 0 “The Complexity of Technology’s Consequences Is Going Up Exponentially, But Our Wisdom and Awareness Are Not.” https://issues.org/tristan-harris-humane-technology-misinformation-ai-democracy/ https://issues.org/tristan-harris-humane-technology-misinformation-ai-democracy/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=39170 Tristan Harris is a technology ethicist and the cofounder of the Center for Humane Technology. He’ll be speaking at the Nobel Prize Summit 2023: Truth, Trust, and Hope at the National Academy… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/tristan-harris-humane-technology-misinformation-ai-democracy/feed/ 0 “If We Are Simply Creating Techies Who Can Only Work With the Technology, We’re in Big Trouble.” https://issues.org/interview-umbc-hrabowski/ https://issues.org/interview-umbc-hrabowski/#respond Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=38803 Mathematician and educator Freeman A. Hrabowski III has led groundbreaking efforts to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields throughout his career. As president of the University of Maryland,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/interview-umbc-hrabowski/feed/ 0 “People Feel That Their Ability to Contribute to Society Has Been Terribly Thwarted” https://issues.org/interview-economist-anne-case-deaths-of-despair/ https://issues.org/interview-economist-anne-case-deaths-of-despair/#respond Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=37066 Anne Case, the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Emeritus at Princeton University, has spent her career studying health across individuals’ lifespan and its relationship to socioeconomic status. Together… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/interview-economist-anne-case-deaths-of-despair/feed/ 0 Episode 19: How Can Clinical Trials Better Reflect Society’s Diversity? https://issues.org/episode-19-clinical-trials-medicine-diversity/ https://issues.org/episode-19-clinical-trials-medicine-diversity/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:25:04 +0000 https://issues.org/episode-18-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-social-internet-2/ Clinical trials are crucial to the development of new drugs, medical treatments, and therapeutics. The knowledge gained from these trials helps ensure that treatments are safe and effective. Trials are also sometimes… Read More

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