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Biden’s Science Adviser Explains the New Hard Line on China
Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, discusses Washington’s newly tough consensus on China.
Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations
Tech company policies have put a chill on independent AI research, says open letter.
To Speed Scientific Progress, Do Away With Funding Delays
The National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health are frequently described as the world’s gold standard for scientific funding. Operationally, however, they are not keeping pace with progress at the scientific frontier.
NIH advisers seek tighter oversight of risky pathogen experiments
Biosecurity advisers to the federal government are calling for tighter scrutiny of experiments with potentially dangerous viruses and other pathogens, reflecting an ongoing debate within the scientific community over the benefits and risks of such laboratory research.
Big Tech builds AI with bad data
BigScience is a global effort to build a more transparent, accountable AI, with less of the bias that infects so many Big Tech initiatives
In a city full of adjunct faculty members, many struggle to get by
Adjuncts across the region are protesting what they say are unfair working conditions
How Extreme Weather and the Pandemic Have Exposed Fatal Flaws in Science Communication
While there is great progress to be proud of, extreme weather and the pandemic have exposed fatal shortcomings in how science is communicated and interpreted.
Coronavirus vaccines may not work in some people. It’s because of their underlying conditions.
Coronavirus vaccines may not work in some people. It’s because of their underlying conditions.
Early research shows that 15 to 80 percent of people with certain medical conditions, such as specific blood cancers or organ transplants, are generating few antibodies after receiving coronavirus vaccines.
The U.S. Government Has Made International Science Harder Right When It Needs It the Most
The U.S. Government Has Made International Science Harder Right When It Needs It the Most
The U.S. government has thrown up hurdles that make collaborating with researchers from other countries a bureaucratic hassle. And if they don’t follow the rules carefully, they could end up in trouble.
I work in a nursing home. Here’s why my colleagues are skipping the vaccine
The Energy 202: Biden Creates New Climate Adviser Role at NASA
NASA is elevating one of its top climate scientists to a new role, a move meant to put greater focus at the space agency on studying the causes and consequences of global warming under President Biden.
Biden Will Elevate White House Science Office to Cabinet-Level
He has selected geneticist Eric Lander, who helped map the human genome, to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
A gamble pays off in ‘spectacular success’: How the leading coronavirus vaccines made it to the finish line
A gamble pays off in ‘spectacular success’: How the leading coronavirus vaccines made it to the finish line
A Top Scientist Questioned Virus Lockdowns on Fox News - and the Backlash Was Fierce
A Top Scientist Questioned Virus Lockdowns on Fox News - and the Backlash Was Fierce
Another Casualty of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Trust in Government Science
Another Casualty of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Trust in Government Science
Politics has thoroughly contaminated the scientific process in 2020. The result has been an epidemic of distrust, which further undermines the nation’s already chaotic and ineffective response to the coronavirus.
Africa Has Defied The Covid-19 Nightmare Scenarios - We Shouldn’t Be Surprised
Scientists Funded by Zuckerberg Sent Him a Letter Calling Facebook’s Practices ‘Antithetical’ to His Philanthropic Mission
Scientists Funded by Zuckerberg Sent Him a Letter Calling Facebook’s Practices ‘Antithetical’ to His Philanthropic Mission
More than 140 scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urged Mark Zuckerberg to enforce stricter policies around the spread of misinformation and incitements to violence.
‘An Earthquake’: Coronavirus Crisis Rocks Higher Education, Forcing Students and Professors Into Uncharted Territory
‘An Earthquake’: Coronavirus Crisis Rocks Higher Education, Forcing Students and Professors Into Uncharted Territory
The Coronavirus pandemic sends students around the world home from university campuses and into online courses.
Scientists Are Unraveling the Chinese Coronavirus With Unprecedented Speed and Openness
Scientists Are Unraveling the Chinese Coronavirus With Unprecedented Speed and Openness
Just 10 days after it was first reported, scientists released the genetic sequence of the coronavirus. The freely available data unleashed a massive collaborative research effort.
Science Ranks Grow Thin in Trump Administration
Hundreds of scientists across the federal government have been forced out, sidelined or muted since President Trump took office.
Putin Wanted Russian Science to Top the World. Then a Huge Academic Scandal Blew Up.
Putin Wanted Russian Science to Top the World. Then a Huge Academic Scandal Blew Up.
Eight years ago, President Vladimir Putin decreed that Russia must become a leading scientific power. That meant at least five top-100 Russian universities by 2020, and a dramatic increase in the number of global citations of Russian scientific papers. Now a group at the center of Putin’s aspirations, the Russian Academy of Sciences, has dropped a bombshell into the plans. A commission set up by the academy has led to the retraction of at least 869 Russian scientific articles, mainly for plagiarism.