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Opening Up Scientific Enterprise to Public Participation

To bring participatory science into the mainstream, there will need to be creative policy solutions for incentive mechanisms, standards, funding streams, training ecosystems, assessment mechanisms, and organizational capacity.

09.20.23 | 5 min read
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Policy Memo
Towards a Well-Being Economy: Establishing an American Mental Wealth Observatory

Enhancing recovery rates among individuals grappling with mental health and substance use issues requires a multi-pronged approach.

09.18.23 | 10 min read
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Nuclear Weapons
Report
Nuclear Notebook: Pakistan Nuclear Weapons, 2023

The FAS Nuclear Notebook is one of the most widely sourced reference materials worldwide for reliable information about the status of nuclear weapons and has been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists since 1987. The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by the staff of the Federation of American Scientists’ Nuclear Information Project: Director Hans […]

09.14.23 | 1 min read
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Social Innovation
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Kindergarten, Once Radical, Needs a Revamp to Provide More Equitable Learning Outcomes

Now academically challenging, kindergarten creates longstanding learning divisions between students who do or do not attend.

09.14.23 | 6 min read
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Issue Brief
Seeing Through the Haze: How the federal government does (and doesn’t) work to reduce public exposure to wildland fire smoke

As the wildfire season has grown longer in the West, smoke events now sometimes stretch for weeks and across the continent. What is the federal government doing about wildland fire smoke, and who’s doing it?

09.13.23 | 24 min read
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Ecosystems & Entrepreneurship
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Buying in Bulk: Electrifying Fleets Across the Country

Leveraging the collective buying powers of cities is a powerful way to show the clear demand for the EV transition. We sat down with the Electrification Coalition to learn how they are helping cities and locales electrify their public fleets.

09.11.23 | 15 min read
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Nuclear Weapons
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Culture Blast at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum

Charlotte Yeung’s latest work weaves Kurt Vonnegut’s stance on nuclear weapons with current issues we face today.

09.07.23 | 7 min read
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Technology & Innovation
Report
Trust Issues: An Analysis of NSF’s Funding for Trustworthy AI

Despite their importance, programs focused on AI trustworthiness form only a small fragment of total funding allocated for AI R&D by the National Science Foundation.

09.05.23 | 15 min read
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Technology & Innovation
A “Focused Research Organization” to Measure Complete Neuronal Input-Output Functions

Measuring how neurons integrate their inputs and respond to them is key to understanding the impressive and complex behavior of humans and animals. However, a complete measurement of neuronal Input-Output Functions (IOFs) has not been achieved in any animal.

08.31.23 | 3 min read
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Technology & Innovation
A “Focused Research Organization” to Develop a Modular and Scalable Platform for Human Molecular Monitoring

Wearable health electronics are now ubiquitous, but continuous molecular monitoring is only widely available for glucose.

08.31.23 | 4 min read
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Technology & Innovation
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Revolutionary Advances in AI Won’t Wait

When it comes to AI, the Department of Defense is still moving too slowly to make meaningful and sustainable innovation.

08.30.23 | 6 min read
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Systems Thinking in Climate: Positive Tipping Points Jumpstart Transformational Change

A tipping points framework can help forecast different aspects of the decarbonization transition and ensure that accelerated transitions happen in a just and equitable manner.

08.29.23 | 3 min read
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