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To Save Society from Digital Tech, Enable Scrutiny of How Policies Are Implemented

To Save Society from Digital Tech, Enable Scrutiny of How Policies Are Implemented

Well-designed policies alone cannot prevent social harm from new technologies. Instead, watchdogs must have tools to scrutinize how such policies are implemented, paving the road for digital accountability.

European Commission Proposes Loosening Rules for Gene-edited Plants

European Commission Proposes Loosening Rules for Gene-edited Plants

Bid to boost agricultural innovation faces skeptics in the European Parliament.

Science Activism Is Surging, Marking A Culture Shift Among Scientists

Science Activism Is Surging, Marking A Culture Shift Among Scientists

More scientists seem empowered to advocate for a wide range of policy issues.

'Industry Scientists Are Often Misunderstood: Here’s Why I Chose This Path'

'Industry Scientists Are Often Misunderstood: Here’s Why I Chose This Path'

"I don’t think industry would be a good fit for me,” the student said, “I’m not money-motivated.” As an industry scientist myself, I struggled to hide my surprise.

China's Use of Formal Science and Technology Agreements As a Tool of Diplomacy

China's Use of Formal Science and Technology Agreements As a Tool of Diplomacy

China's government uses a variety of diplomatic tools to pursue its foreign policy aims including negotiating and signing formal bilateral science and technology.

What Is The Russian Navy Doing With All These Military Dolphins? Here's The Science

What Is The Russian Navy Doing With All These Military Dolphins? Here's The Science

Dolphins might not be the first animal you think of when it comes to putting together a battle-hardened team of warriors, but the Russian military is reportedly recruiting bottlenose dolphins to defend the Sevastopol naval base in the Black Sea.

Why Our Hair Turns Gray-And How Scientists Could Reverse the Process for Good

Why Our Hair Turns Gray-And How Scientists Could Reverse the Process for Good

For starters, avoid tearing your hair out when frustration strikes, because it might just come in gray.

No, GPT-4 Cannot Get a Computer Science Degree at MIT

No, GPT-4 Cannot Get a Computer Science Degree at MIT

Also: OpenAI to open a new office in London, and why the FTC has its eye on the generative AI market

Preserving Citizens' Economic Well-being: Evaluating Risks and Policy Solutions for Climate Change, Digitalisation, and Biodiversity Loss Financial-related Threats

Preserving Citizens' Economic Well-being: Evaluating Risks and Policy Solutions for Climate Change, Digitalisation, and Biodiversity Loss Financial-related Threats

By researching and anticipating financial risks, a team of few scientists assesses the financial challenges posed by climate change, digitalization and biodiversity loss. Today, we spoke with them to learn more about their research.

New Research Explores How 'green Infrastructure' Policy is Applied in Sweden

New Research Explores How 'green Infrastructure' Policy is Applied in Sweden

Researchers have explored the creation and implications of Sweden's 'green infrastructure' policy, an approach identified by the European Commission as a potential strategy to protect biodiversity and create healthy, resilient ecosystems.

Science History: Yue Xiong's Great Leap

Science History: Yue Xiong's Great Leap

Yue Xiong is a microbiologist who emigrated to the United States from China to complete his doctorate in 1989. He is the chief scientific officer of pharmaceutical company Cullgen and was a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This article follows Yue Xiong’s quest for education and is based on an interview from the Science History Institute’s oral history archive conducted in 2000 by historian William Van Benschoten.

African Academy of Sciences Elects First Woman President

African Academy of Sciences Elects First Woman President

South Africa’s Lise Korsten to lead unsettled continental science body. The African Academy of Sciences has elected a new governing council headed by a woman—the first in the organisation’s 37-year history.

Atoms Vs Apples: How Quantum Effects Challenge Gravity's Rules - Advanced Science News

Atoms Vs Apples: How Quantum Effects Challenge Gravity's Rules - Advanced Science News

New research reveals that quantum effects defy the universality of free fall, providing a potential experimental pathway to test quantum gravity.

Scientific Communication Failures Linked to Faster-Rising Seas

Scientific Communication Failures Linked to Faster-Rising Seas

Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to policymakers and the public, a new study has found. That has created a climate catch-22 in which scientists …

United States National Science Foundation: Making the Most of the "Ethical and Societal Considerations" in the CHIPS and Science Act

United States National Science Foundation: Making the Most of the "Ethical and Societal Considerations" in the CHIPS and Science Act

The National Science Foundation has a historic opportunity to center societal considerations in scientific research and technology creation.

How Scientists Can Safeguard Themselves Online

How Scientists Can Safeguard Themselves Online

Scientists are always at risk of digital harassment by bad actors looking to undermine scientific credibility and progress, but there are protective steps they can take.

How Scientific Models Both Help and Deceive Us in Decision Making

How Scientific Models Both Help and Deceive Us in Decision Making

We live in a society where scientific models surround us. They are used for everything from creating weather bulletins and making climate projections to providing economic forecasts and informing policies for public health.

Cultural Burning: How Age-Old Practices Are Reshaping Wildfire Policy - Federation of American Scientists

Cultural Burning: How Age-Old Practices Are Reshaping Wildfire Policy - Federation of American Scientists

The Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission called for input from diverse stakeholders and FAS, along with partners Conservation X Labs (CXL), COMPASS, and the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), answered the call. Recruiting participants from academia, the private sector, national labs, and other nonprofits, the Wildland Fire Policy Accelerator produced 24 ideas […]

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy: Lessons from Co-Creation in the Aid Sector

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy: Lessons from Co-Creation in the Aid Sector

There is an increasing focus in academic and policy circles on research-policy partnerships. These partnerships are often achieved through co-creation, whose role in international relations remains underdeveloped.