Pulse oximeters are medically transformative, but racially biased. The FDA must take steps to correct the problems with these ubiquitous devices.
On 27 October 2022, the Biden administration finally released an unclassified version of its long-delayed Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). The classified NPR was released to Congress in March 2022, but its publication was substantially delayed––likely due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Compared with previous NPRs, the tone and content come closest to the Obama administration’s […]
On 27 October 2022, the Biden administration finally released an unclassified version of its long-delayed Nuclear Posture Review. Here’s what you need to know.
This week, we’re launching a Wildland Fire Policy Accelerator to develop policy ideas aimed at improving how we live with fire in the United States.
Getting ahead of the next pandemic is impossible without government financing.
To improve program outcomes, federal evaluation officers should conduct “unmet desire surveys” to advance federal learning agendas and built agency buy-in.
The federal government should broaden institutional capacity to collect and integrate evidence on public values into policy and decision making.
[Updated version] Today, Monday October 17, 2022, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will begin a two-week long exercise in Europe to train aircrews in using U.S. non-strategic nuclear bombs. The exercise, known as Steadfast Noon, is centered at Kleine Brogel Air Base in Belgium, one of six airbases in Europe that store U.S. nuclear […]
Federal science-funding agencies spend tens of billions of dollars each year on extramural research, but a healthy dose of transparency could improve the grantmaking process greatly.
Congress extended SBIR. Now what?
A growing body of research suggests that positive tipping points could just as rapidly accelerate transitions to a more sustainable way of life.
To protect against future infectious disease outbreaks, the Department of Health and Human Services Coordination Operations and Response Element should develop and maintain the capacity to regularly deliver N95 respirator masks to every home using a mail delivery system.