Michael S. Lubell is a professor of physics at the City College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and former director of public affairs of the American Physical Society. He is author of Navigating the Maze: How Science and Technology Policies Shape America and the World.
What Trump’s First Days Say about Science in the New Administration
Trump seems intent on freezing out professional scientists, especially those with strong academic research backgrounds. Instead, he is stocking the leadership of federal agencies with technologists and loyalists
Biden’s Big Science Challenge: Increasing Public Trust
Local engagement, not top-down technocracy, is the way to build acceptance of STEM policy
Science under the Populist Gun
Earth Day marchers need to remember that the benefits of research might not be apparent to people who have trouble putting food on the table