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A Vision for American Science & Technology

2 months ago | aaas.confex.com | Alison Snyder |Marcia McNutt

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Science is neither red nor blue

Nov 14, 2024 | science.org | Chenshu Liu |Feyza Yilmaz |Ayumi Kuratani |Marcia McNutt

Long before the 5 November US presidential election, I had become ever more concerned that science has fallen victim to the same political divisiveness tearing at the seams of American society. This is a tragedy because science is the best—arguably the only—approach humankind has developed to peer into the future, to project the outcomes of various possible decisions using the known laws of the natural world.
The State of the Science

Oct 8, 2024 | issues.org | Marcia McNutt |Vol. XLI

When Marcia McNutt, the president of the National Academy of Sciences, delivered her 2024 State of the Science address, she argued that US science is strong—but action is required to address competition from China, declining federal investment in science, and a decrease in public trust of science and scientists. McNutt identifies the core challenges that the research community must tackle to ensure that American science remains strong.
For a More Competitive US Research Enterprise, the Work Begins Now

Oct 7, 2024 | issues.org | Marcia McNutt |Jay Lloyd |Vol. XLI

Here’s what we need to do to keep American science strong. The US scientific enterprise has for decades been a juggernaut for innovation, economic growth, and lasting national security and prosperity. However, as the head of a premier US science organization, I am growing increasingly alarmed by worrying trends that threaten to undermine our global leadership in science and our ability to continue producing the advances that our nation and world have long depended upon.
Enhancing Trust in Science

Aug 31, 2023 | issues.org | Marcia McNutt |Michael Crow |Vol. XXXIX

In “Enhancing Trust in Science and Democracy in an Age of Misinformation” (Issues, Spring 2023), Marcia McNutt and Michael M. Crow encourage the scientific community to “embrace its vital role in producing and disseminating knowledge in democratic societies.”We fully agree with this recommendation.
Enhancing Trust in Science and Democracy

Apr 21, 2023 | issues.org | Marcia McNutt |Michael Crow |Jay Lloyd |Vol. XXXIX

Thomas Jefferson once observed, “I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society, but the people themselves.” He cautioned that correcting “abuses of constitutional power” may not be possible if the people are “not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion.” However, he concluded, “the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education.” During the roughly 200 years since Jefferson made those pragmatic...
Know yourself to become a better leader

Feb 13, 2023 | elsevier.com | Marcia McNutt

A few months after completing the test, the UCLA researcher called me with breathless excitement. She said, “I have found you! You are my Joan of Arc!”Of course I didn’t understand what she meant, so she explained that the test was designed to plot various personality types within a triangle (Figure 1). At the three vertices of the triangle were three extremes: the leader, the follower and the loner. Presumably a perfectly balanced personality would land in the center of the triangle.