Policymakers must rewrite science’s Cold War-era social contract by being honest about who benefits from R&D and achieving ...

Nearly 80 years ago, a report appeared on President Harry Truman’s desk requesting a 1,400% increase in federal funding for ...

Understanding how CERN has made its work credible can help Europe build trustworthy infrastructure for artificial ...

The artist’s fascination with flight extended to questions of ingenuity, freedom, technological progress, and the ...

I have spent considerable time with military leaders discussing some hard questions about artificial intelligence: How will it change the way wars are fought? The way weapons are used? Or, very ...

Communities are increasingly unsatisfied with blanket promises of jobs and economic growth when considering the siting of data centers nearby. Unlike the factories of past industrial eras, data ...

Amid rapid changes in the science policy landscape, Open Editorial Meetings are informal webinars enabling collaborative dialogue in the Issues community. To encourage open discussion, they are not ...

Simons Foundation president David Spergel talks about the evolving landscape for science philanthropy, his outlook for the research enterprise, and remaining hopeful in an uncertain time.

Oversight of artificial intelligence is largely built on benchmarks that fail to capture how models have learned to “perform for the test.” A better system would govern through learning and inquiry.