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Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · Nov 27

ISSUES is thrilled to join the Bluesky community! ⁠

A brief introduction: We’re a digital and print opinion journal published by @nationalacademies.org and Arizona State University. We provide a forum for discussion of public policy related to science, technology, and society. ⁠1/ issues.org

20 recent ISSUES covers, designed by Fabio Cutro.

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · 4d

“The ability to produce is just as important as the ability to innovate.”

In a new interview for Issues in Science and Technology, Tsu-Jae Liu discusses how engineers can help the U.S. translate new ideas into practical benefits for the nation.

Read: https://ow.ly/HxQM50X6tK8

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 8d

Listen to the latest episode of my new @issuesinst.bsky.social podcast, NOT NOW BUT SOON, in which I talk to @thinink.bsky.social about global food systems, the authoritarian takeover of Myanmar, and other disasters. Search "The Ongoing Transformation" wherever you get your podcasts!

Not Now, But Soon: The Food System is Rigged

Thin Lei Win discusses growing up in Myanmar, and how that has shaped how she sees the intersection between food, climate, and disasters.

Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · 21d

Introducing our new podcast miniseries: “Not Now, But Soon”!

In the first episode, @boriscrito.bsky.social talks with host @older.bsky.social about his academic life researching data centers, his #speculativefiction life, & how those worlds collide in his book SOLIDEZ. issues.org/hurricane-of...

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E.G. Condé (Author) 🇵🇷✍🏼 @boriscrito.bsky.social · 22d

@older.bsky.social invited me on her podcast mini-series to talk about disaster. It's rare that I get a chance to bring my research on the environmental impact of computing, AI, data centers into conversation with my speculative fiction - especially when it comes to Puerto Rico. #datacenters 🌀🚀✍️

Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 22d

The 1st episode of the new pod-miniseries I'm hosting at @issuesinst.bsky.social is out now! I talk with spec-fic writer & anthropologist of tech @boriscrito.bsky.social about the slow disaster of data centers, the rapid disasters of hurricanes in the Caribbean, & the ways we envision the future:

Not Now, But Soon: A Hurricane of Data

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 22d

The 1st episode of the new pod-miniseries I'm hosting at
@issuesinst.bsky.social is out now! I talk with spec-fic writer & anthropologist of tech @boriscrito.bsky.social about the slow disaster of data centers, the rapid disasters of hurricanes in the Caribbean & the ways we envision the future:

Not Now, But Soon: A Hurricane of Data

Steven Gonzalez compares the sudden devastation of hurricanes with the overlooked disasters tied to supporting our internet infrastructure.

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · 28d

Not Now, But Soon — a new miniseries from @IssuesInST.bsky.social — will challenge the stories we often tell about #disasters and explore how we can use #SpeculativeFiction to create better futures and policies.

Learn more and tune in for the September 16 premiere: buff.ly/SDqyE38

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · 25d

"In a #PublicHealth system that is outdated and reactive, Americans are left vulnerable to the next outbreak."

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and other recent outbreaks can teach us how better prevent the next #pandemic.

Learn more from @IssuesInST.bsky.social: buff.ly/BpB6bcm

Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · 29d

In our Forum section, @stebbins.bsky.social responds to @stuartbuck.bsky.social &
@csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy’s piece on unfunded grant applications. Read the discussion:
issues.org/learning-fro...

Learning From Grant Applications

Should all applications to federal research grants—funded and unfunded—be openly accessible to the public? Readers discuss.

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Rod Schoonover-Rey @rodschoonover.bsky.social · 29d

To understand modern risk, we have to grapple with emergent and novel aspects of hazard, vulnerability, exposure, and response that comprise risk.

Find out more in a new article with @danielaldrich.bsky.social and Daniel Hoyer, just out in @issuesinst.bsky.social.

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Updating Mental Models of Risk

Disasters are no longer isolated events. This demands a fundamental change in how we think about and respond to complex risk.

Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · Sep 4

“Early detection, effective surveillance, and accurate reporting are essential for controlling [health] threats before they become full-blown public health emergencies,” @khahlil.bsky.social writes. “These are all areas of chronic underinvestment in the United States.” issues.org/public-healt...

Preventing the Next Public Health Emergency

During the COVID-19 pandemic, small shifts in health data regulation revealed big insights for how to prevent the next pandemic.

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · Aug 28

The story of how the federal government became an innovation evangelist in the 1960s is an account of fits, starts, and ideological ambiguity. Read an adapted excerpt from "Every American an Innovator" by Matthew Wisnioski: issues.org/nation-of-in... @issuesinst.bsky.social

A Nation of Innovators

The story of how the federal government became an innovation evangelist in the 1960s is an account of fits, starts, and ideological ambiguity.

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Vivian Zhong @vivzhong.bsky.social · Sep 2

Side quest # TooMany of this PhD: I co-authored an article for @issuesinst.bsky.social on the need for better soil data to monitor topsoil loss, plus farmland price valuation that reflects the true quality of soil to incentivize topsoil preservation. Feedback most welcome!
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For Better Soil, Get Better Data

Relying on outdated soil quality data to value farmland creates a disincentive for farmers to invest in conserving topsoil.

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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation @moorefound.bsky.social · Sep 2

⚖️ This @issuesinst.bsky.social commentary reflects on the vital role of programs supporting state legislators as lawmakers navigate complex science and technology policy decisions.

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#SciencePhilanthropy #SciPol #STEM

A Culture of Science-Informed Governance

Building sustained, institutional support for science in state governance is vital for better-informed policymaking.

Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · Aug 28

Amid the political upheaval of 1967, a group of bureaucratic innovators within the federal government released a manifesto. Their message: “Invention and innovation lie at the heart of the process by which America has grown and renewed itself.” Read the story: issues.org/nation-of-in...

A Nation of Innovators

The story of how the federal government became an innovation evangelist in the 1960s is an account of fits, starts, and ideological ambiguity.

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The Kavli Foundation @kavlifoundation.org · Aug 21

As science rapidly advances, how should we prepare next generation scientists to navigate the intersection of science, ethics, and policy?

A new @issuesinst.bsky.social article by @shobitap.org & Erin Burkett, share recommendations to equip scientists.

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Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · Aug 20

A national network of community bio labs—Callie Chappell, Ana Paulina Quiroz, David Sun Kong, and ‪@drewendy.bsky.social‬ call them “LABraries”—could help build a bioliterate workforce, support community participation in the bioeconomy, and serve as public infrastructure. issues.org/labraries-ch...

Creating a Popular Foundation for the Bio-Age

A nationwide network of public bio labs—similar to public libraries—is needed to enable a truly participatory bioeconomy.

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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · Aug 20

Did you know Bluesky's founder has an #STS degree? In a new article, Erin Burkett and I explain why, despite current threats to humanities and social science, "STEM-in-Society programs" like STS are more important than ever. And we guide funders and university leaders how to better support them.

STEM-in-Society Programs Deserve Institutional Support

STEM-in-society programs have proven their utility and have never been more needed—but they are in jeopardy nationwide.

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · Aug 16

Many farmers rely on outdated data on #SoilQuality, which disincentives the conservation of #topsoil.

Learn how improving national #soil data and #conservation practices can encourage more #SustainableAgriculture in a new @IssuesInST.bsky.social article: buff.ly/PxphrMq

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · Aug 14

My 2019 short story 'The Song Between Worlds', about the paths of a 1 percenter space tourist & an indigenous worker crossing in a Martian city, is republished in @issuesinst.bsky.social for @imaginationasu.bsky.social's Future Tense series, w/ a brief new intro by me:

The Song Between Worlds

Indrapramit Das takes us to a future Mars full of wealthy space tourists to explore how tourism commodifies culture.

Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · Aug 12

The chemical industry, once an engine of innovation, has become a dinosaur, argue @rogerturner.bsky.social, Joel Tickner, and Molly Jacobs. In their essay for our Summer issue, they explore what policies might re-awaken the industry and help it become more sustainable: issues.org/safer-sustai...

How to Catalyze a Safer and More Sustainable Chemical Industry

The chemical industry’s last century is a story of highs and lows—both provide lessons that can be used to design its future.

Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · Aug 7

“We have iPhones, Netflix, and ChatGPT, but where are the moonshots?” In his review of THE TECHNOLOGICAL REPUBLIC, @newamerica.org senior policy analyst Gordon LaForge puts the US government’s “decoupling of technological innovation from larger societal goals” in context. issues.org/moonshots-ar...

Where Are the Moonshots?

Gordon LaForge reviews “The Technological Republic” by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska.

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · Aug 6

A recent @IssuesInST.bsky.social piece proposes a framework for how and whether to advance "mirror life" in a way that avoids potential harms while still pursuing the benefits that motivate the science.

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Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · Aug 6

For two decades, Navajo Technical University has helped Navajo Nation become a leader in advanced manufacturing. H. Scott Halliday shares how the school’s pedagogical innovations and metal additive manufacturing program fight brain drain from ancestral lands: issues.org/navajo-tech-...

A Unique Technician-to-Engineer-to-Scientist Progression

How Navajo Technical University’s advanced manufacturing program fights brain drain from ancestral lands.

Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · Aug 4

Building an advanced manufacturing hub in Navajo Nation requires a radically different kind of regional economic development model, @maryannfeldman.bsky.social & Alaina Kayaani-George‬ write—one that centers around prioritizing community well-being.
issues.org/indigenous-e...

Cultivating Mastery in Place

Diné entrepreneurs entwine economic renewal with mutual obligation, providing a model of regional economic development that serves the community.

Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · Jul 31

In his review of a new book examining the 100-year legacy of the Scopes “monkey” trial on teaching evolution in public schools, @glennbranch.bsky.social writes that the authors provide an “insightful and detailed legal history,” but finds their argument overly pessimistic:

A Century of Conflict Over Evolution Education

A new book examines the legacy of Tennessee v. Scopes, offering a warning about future litigation over the teaching of evolution in America.