Collaboration in the Cloud
Within science policy discussions, innovation is often framed as a neutral public good, rather than as politics by technological means. But the Summer 2022 Issues features stories of networks driving innovation through powerful ideologies, revealing the complexities involved in truly changing power structures.
Editor's Journal
On the Power of Networks
Read MoreNetworks of people devoted to a cause can be formidable forces for change.
Gallery
The Pomological Watercolor Collection
Perspectives
The Grind Challenges
Read MoreThe grand challenges of engineering are widely celebrated, but the grind challenges—the myriad interlocking tasks that keep our highly engineered world functioning—go unappreciated. Giving them their due provides a more mature vision for conceiving and communicating engineering.
“What I’m Mostly Afraid of Is That There Will Be Two Sciences—Democratic Science and Autocratic Science.”
Read MoreThe president of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Jerzy Duszyński, talks about his country’s efforts to help scientists from neighboring Ukraine, and what the future may hold for both Ukrainian and global science.
Some Extensions on the Sovereignty of Science
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A Prehistory of Social Media
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From Strength to Strength?
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Features
Reinventing the Peach, the Pimento, and Regional Identity
Read MoreThe story of how a small network of forward thinkers used biotechnology, entrepreneurial moxie, government-supported experimentation, and powerful storytelling to transform their state into an agent of innovation.
Changing the Business of Breakthroughs
Read MoreA new worldwide network of scientists and engineers is demonstrating how philanthropy can leverage a highly effective innovation model to solve urgent global problems
New Theory for Increasingly Tangled Banks
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Creating Common Ground With Chinese Researchers
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China Planet: Ecological Civilization and Global Climate Governance
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Architectures of Participation
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Academic Mentorship Needs a More Scientific Approach
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Real Numbers
Is There Really a STEM Workforce Shortage?
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Book Reviews
AI Designed With Humans in Mind
In 2018 and 2019, two Boeing 737 MAX airplanes crashed, killing a total of 346 people. Accident investigators believe that in both cases, one of the main causes was an autonomous software… Read More
A New Social Contract
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Exploring the Depths of Scientific Patronage
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