Artificial intelligence is disrupting the relationships that produce knowledge and transforming it into “content.” ...

The controversy around a ban on “mirror life” should lead to a more nuanced public conversation about how to manage the benefits and risks of precursor biotechnologies. About five years ago, the five ...

A robust science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is essential for the United States, serving as the foundation for effective employment, immigration, science and technology, ...

As robot-human interactions become more commonplace in urban spaces, policymakers can use a diagnostic to find the best existing tools for governance and determine when new ones are needed.

A year after he left office, President Biden’s industrial policy is widely considered a failure. But the tools his administration developed are still in play and have defied a long-standing consensus ...

Decades-old research about how and why people share rumors is even more relevant in a world with social media. Around the time the US government was testing nuclear bombs on Bikini Atoll in the spring ...

American astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s (1868–1921) research laid the foundation for modern astronomy’s understanding of the structure and size of the universe. After graduating from Radcliffe ...

Patterns are emerging in the various efforts to regulate artificial intelligence around the globe. Understanding these evolving AI norms could help govern this technology intelligently. Artificial ...

The nation’s experience with developing digital credentials may be instructive for other countries seeking to build an identity system that reflects civic and social preferences. On September 28, 2025 ...

Space has long captured the human imagination—as a source of wonder, a place of discovery, a realm for aspirations. But increasingly, space is viewed as a frontier of economic opportunity as ...

In 1986, a Buddhist nun named Cheng Yen started a hospital in Hualien, a rural, mountainous region in eastern Taiwan, a half-day’s journey from population centers like Taipei. A few years later, after ...