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Empowering First Generation Scientists with Gabriel Reyes

For many students in the U.S. a career in science is out of reach. Too often young people interested in science never get the chance to pursue their dreams simply…

02.06.23 | 8 min read
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Laying the Groundwork for the Bioeconomy

Over the past year, there have been significant policy advances related to the US bioeconomy—the part of the economy driven by the life sciences and biotech, and enabled by engineering,…

02.03.23 | 4 min read
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FAS and Metaculus are Using Forecasting to Support Better Climate Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is teaming up with Metaculus to kick off the Climate Tipping Points Tournament, a virtual forecasting tournament aimed at helping policymakers make…

01.27.23 | 2 min read
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Prepping for the CLIMATE TIPPING POINTS TOURNAMENT with Metaculus’ Gaia Dempsey

The concept of forecasting is pretty familiar to anyone who’s flipped on their local news to get a sense of the week’s weather. But the broader science of forecasting, which…

01.17.23 | 6 min read
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Cluster Development is the New Economic Development

We don’t know if Congress does New Year’s Resolutions like the rest of us, but  it seems like at least one of their goals is to continue ‘Building Regional Innovation…

01.12.23 | 6 min read
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