Policy16740 articles archived since 1845

Military Tries Out Fish as Underwater Spies

The sophisticated sensing behaviors of marine organisms could serve as a surveillance system that aids national security

How Brexit Could Impact the U.K.’s Climate Goals

The withdrawal from the European Union could disrupt emissions trading to reduce greenhouse gases

Mission to Europa Gets New Instrument to Look for Signs of Habitability

Amid technical and political hurdles, a veteran planetary scientist takes charge of a key part of Europa Clipper, a spacecraft targeted at the solar system’s most intriguing moon

The “Fantastic” Feeling of a Breakthrough: Q&A with Math Prize Winner Karen Uhlenbeck

The first female winner of the prestigious Abel Prize shares details of life as a mathematician

GOP Counteroffer to Green New Deal Pushes Innovation

Senator Lamar Alexander’s proposal would beef up funding for energy research and carbon capture

How Big Data Can Help Save the World

Emerging analytic and computing tools are enabling much better use of huge data sets

Coastal Conservation Plan Sparks Fight Over Sand

Beach communities that rely on dredging to replenish protective dunes object to expanded federal protections

How to Deal with Chaos in Climate and Politics

In complex systems, small changes can make big differences

Challenging Academic Publishing

A pilot collaboration between Springer Nature and ResearchGate aims to boost visibility for research articles on a network for connecting with peers

The Humanities and the Future

Our descendants’ lives will be intertwined with advanced technologies—and that will revitalize non-technological disciplines such as philosophy

U.S. Communities Urged to Boost Immunity to “Shock Events”

Past disasters point to steps cities and counties can take to bolster their resilience

Opting Out of Vaccines Should Opt You Out of American Society

People who are able to take vaccines but refuse to do so are the moral equivalent of drunk drivers

Study on Weed Killers and Monarch Butterflies Spurs Ecological Flap

Some scientists question museum data analysis that suggests Roundup is not responsible for the insects’ decline

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says

In conversation, the 2019 Templeton Prize winner does not pull punches on the limits of science, the value of humility and the irrationality of nonbelief

Science Should Be More Helpful to New Parents

We need paid leave so young researchers can start families without abandoning STEM careers

Soap-Bubble Pioneer Is First Woman to Win Prestigious Math Prize

Abel-prize winner Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck built bridges between analysis, geometry and physics

Are We Measuring Research Success Wrong?

Universities tout how much they spend, but it’s no virtue if that spending is inefficient

Researchers Write about Brain-Machine Interfaces, How Eels Shock, and What Shark Bites Have to Do with Rebuilding Broken Bodies 

Whose Job Is It to Help Build Public Trust in Science?

Scientists, research institutions and science writers all have roles to play

Is NASA’s Golden Age of Space Telescopes Ending?

For the second year in a row, the White House is seeking to cancel one of the space agency’s top-priority astrophysics projects, the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope