Humans Are Wonderfully Varied. Scholars Shouldn’t Let the Government Say Otherwise.
Academics have a responsibility to speak up when misrepresented scientific work about race, sex, and gender shapes policy.
Opinion
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What Cell Biology Reveals About Academia
Our work reminds me that everyone has the potential to be either seen or unseen.
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The US May Be Tempted to Follow China’s Model of Science Funding. Don’t.
Having worked in both Chinese and US research environments, I have seen the strengths and vulnerabilities of prioritizing efficiency over exploration.
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We’re Training Scientists for a World That No Longer Exists
Science can help address pressing challenges, but only if we train scientists to communicate in the places people actually form beliefs.
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An Optimist’s Guide to Climate Action
Now is not the time to stop saying the words “climate change.” Instead, double down on science and communicate the benefits of climate solutions.
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Development Demands Reinvention by Local Communities
The next chapter of development will be written through cooperation, courage and optimism.
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It’s Time to FLIP the Script on Climate Action
Addressing climate change has been framed as an expensive obligation with delayed benefits. But what if it saved us money and made us healthier right now?
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Global Development Is No Longer a Purely Public Endeavor
Impact investing is a compelling alternative to public financing or private capital alone because it prioritizes generating social or environmental impact alongside a financial return.
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Response to Authors of Manual on Scientific Evidence
The attorney general of West Virginia argues the removed climate science chapter is a litigation playbook packaged as settled scientific consensus.
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State AGs Ask for Chapter on Climate Science to Be Withdrawn
A group of 27 attorneys general write the chapter in a judges’ manual “places the judiciary firmly on one side of some of the most hotly disputed questions in current litigation”.