Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: The USA Patriot Act was signed into law exactly 20 years ago, on October 26, 2001. While the law was profoundly shaped by the back-to-back events of the September 11 attacks and… Read More The post Twenty Years After the Patriot Act, What Is the Future of Biosecurity' appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 12:39:38 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: For those of us engaged in international scientific collaboration, today’s geopolitics are starting to rhyme with history. In the 1960s, US and Soviet scientists sought new ways to collaborate despite deteriorating political… Read More The post Finding Safe Zones for Science appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Issues
Abstract: Progress on the important issue of climate change requires a framework for evaluating the likely consequences of different courses of action. Science can powerfully inform public decisions on energy systems, infrastructure, and… Read More The post Climate Scenarios and Reality appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: The United States is on edge in ways the nation has rarely experienced throughout its young history. The country’s global leadership is being challenged in a rapidly changing and increasingly competitive world.… Read More The post America on Edge: Settling for Second Place' appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: As policymakers look toward science and technology to help cope with the many challenges facing the nation, some scholars and policy experts have sought inspiration in the legacy of Vannevar Bush’s Science, … Read More The post Engaging With Communities appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: Universities are leading centers of COVID-19 research and are deeply engaged in national response efforts. Although other congregate settings, such as prisons and nursing homes, possess the ability to track and regulate… Read More The post Universities Should Set the Standard in COVID-19 Data Reporting appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:02:35 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: In January 2021, President Biden appointed sociologist Alondra Nelson, a leading scholar of science, technology, medicine, and social inequality, to be the first deputy director for science and society in the… Read More The post “Science and Technology Now Sit in the Center of Every Policy and Social Issue” appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: What the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed is what we have long known: scientific innovation cuts across every aspect of our lives. The vaccines developed, the supplies manufactured, and the doses administered all… Read More The post Hiring for the Future of the Science and Technology Enterprise appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: Today, far too many people live in poverty, even in high-income countries such as the United States and Canada. This situation hurts everyone. Poverty alleviation is not an intractable problem, but its… Read More The post A Research Agenda to Get More People Out of Poverty appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: The various vaccines against the virus that causes COVID-19 could prove to be among the most important medical innovations of this generation, for reasons that extend far beyond the scientific and technological… Read More The post There Can Be No Innovation Without Diversity appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +000
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