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Government Shutdowns Are ‘Science Shutdowns’

FAS experts believe government shutdowns are science shutdowns: costly and ineffective standoffs that stifle scientific pursuits and do harm.

09.28.23 | 3 min read
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Social Innovation
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Healthy Kids, High Grades: Using Data to Evaluate Health and Education Policy

We always knew that healthy children do better in school. Now we have rigorous empirical research to back it up.

09.28.23 | 4 min read
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Science Policy
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Truly Open Science Needs Knowledge Synthesis

Truly open science requires that the public is not only able to access the products of research, but the knowledge embedded within.

09.27.23 | 4 min read
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Science Policy
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Ahead of the Wildland Fire Commission Report Release, a Roundup of FAS’s Efforts to Provide Input on Wildland Fire Policy

Over the last year we’ve devoted considerable effort to understanding wildfire in the context of U.S. federal policy. Here’s what we learned.

09.26.23 | 3 min read
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Science Policy
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It’s Time to Move Towards Movement as Medicine

Movement, whether through structured exercise or general physical activity in everyday life, has a major impact on the health of individuals and as a result, on the health of societies.

09.22.23 | 7 min read
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Technology & Innovation
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Watch This Space: Looking at the Next Generation of Space Launch Technology

We sat down with space technology startup K2 Space to find out just how big of a leap the next generation of launch vehicles will represent.

09.21.23 | 8 min read
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Science Policy
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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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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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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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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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Science Policy
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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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Nuclear Weapons
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Increasing Evidence that the US Air Force’s Nuclear Mission May Be Returning to UK Soil

New U.S. Air Force budgetary documents strongly imply that the United States Air Force is in the process of re-establishing its nuclear weapons mission on UK soil.

08.28.23 | 4 min read
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