We are at a possibly catastrophic time for science in the United States, academic science especially. The Trump administration is cutting funding for research in areas the president finds offensive (e ...

Policymakers must rewrite science’s Cold War-era social contract by being honest about who benefits from R&D and achieving ...

The data ecosystem of community colleges is fragmented, and the gaps constrain researchers’ abilities to measure community ...

Program managers, spread across the science agencies, have become an essential part of the engine of successful scientific ...

The success of the collaborative effort to detect gravitational waves holds lessons for how to strengthen the resilience of the US science ecosystem. One point three billion years ago, two ...

I have spent considerable time with military leaders discussing some hard questions about artificial intelligence: How will it change the way wars are fought? The way weapons are used? Or, very ...

In “Escaping AI’s Measurement Trap” (Issues, Summer 2026), Urs Gasser, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, and Fabienne Marco make a compelling case that governance of artificial intelligence faces a problem.

A new publication aims to train young scientists to act responsibly and ethically, be good stewards of public funding and trust, and navigate the broader responsibilities that come with being a ...

DeRionne Pollard, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, makes the case for community colleges as essential institutions that help individuals prosper, anchor civic life, ...

Understanding how one of the world’s most enduring and successful large-scale science collaborations has made its work credible can help Europe build trustworthy infrastructure for artificial ...

Social media is distorting our sense of public opinion. In the early days of social media, many were optimistic about the impact of this new technology. From the Arab Spring to the ice bucket ...