Issues in Science and Technology
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ISSUES is an award-winning journal published by @ASU and @theNASciences devoted to the best writing on policy related to science, technology, and society.
Washington, DC | Phoenix, AZ
Joined April 2014
How can #unionization improve conditions for some of the most essential people in the scientific enterprise?
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RT @SciCommAwards: In a piece for @ISSUESinST, @SciCommAwards committee member Andrea Bandelli (@Maphutha) writes about the work of Thijs B…
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Tempe folks! Don’t miss scavenger hunting and Taylor Mac with Zócalo next weekend.
Join us and @asu365CU for “Is Sport the Final Frontier for Queer Acceptance?”—a free conversation on song, sports, and queer history. Enjoy a scavenger hunt, then stay for “Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music” screening! RSVP for all the fun:
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RT @omareconomics: My @ISSUESinST essay with @Econ_4_Everyone: Will It Scale? How to make scientific research a more reliable basis for po…
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RT @theNASEM: A new @ISSUESinST piece explores the value of #ScienceFiction as a tool for imagining the impacts of science and technology i…
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The poet Nikki Giovanni died this week. We are honored to have featured one of her poems, about an imagined voyage to the red planet, in the Fall 2021 edition:
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There is no good one-size-fits-all answer to the question of whether accepting funding from oil & gas companies is ethical or compatible with a university’s objectives, @tlieuwen1 argues. Instead, he proposes a framework for thinking through such decisions:
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But will it scale? In the Fall issue, @omareconomics and @Econ_4_Everyone write about why promising ideas so often fail on larger scales, and how “option C thinking,” a (better) alternative to A/B testing, can help prevent unnecessary scale fails.
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From the #FutureTenseFiction archives: How would you decide a dispute between NASA and a subcontractor if you were the first judge on the Moon? “Little Assistance” by @harrisonstephen imagines one possibility:
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Despite potentially being one of the largest and most powerful voting blocs in the US electorate, the majority of young people don’t go to the polls. Why not? @DukePoliSci prof Sunshine Hillygus explored in a 2020 essay that remains all-too-relevant today.
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RT @cochranecollab: 🤔 How can we trust scientific evidence? 🎤 Cochrane's Senior #ResearchIntegrity Editor, Lisa Bero explains the risks of…
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A preliminary study for a design in the @theNASciences building’s Great Hall represents an early work by one of the most renowned American muralists of the twentieth century. @CPNAS
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RT @cassidymcfadz: Thrilled my new story “Patrons” is out in @ISSUESinST with artwork by Rey Velasquez Sagcal and a response essay by Oli…
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RT @cochranecollab: In the latest @ISSUESinST podcast, Cochrane's Senior #ResearchIntegrity Editor, Lisa Bero, discusses how corporate fund…
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If extraterrestrials lifted you to another planet, would you connect to the internet? “Patrons,” a new #FutureTenseFiction story by @cassidymcfadz, explores the digital bricks behind memory and community—and, yes, an artists’ colony founded by aliens.
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RT @SciCommAwards: Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Co…
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@JanelleCShane In her essay responding to “The Skeleton Crew,” @stanfordmav delves more into real-life ghost work:
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