Issues in Science and Technology

Issues in Science & Technology serves as a platform for exploring public policy matters that pertain to science, engineering, and medicine. It addresses two key areas: the policies that support the research community and the application of scientific knowledge to meet societal objectives. The focus is primarily on how we can leverage this knowledge to better serve public interests.

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Looking Beyond “De-extinction” to Protect Biodiversity

1 week ago | issues.org | Tom Burroughs |John O'Brien

A biotechnology company claims to have “successfully de-extincted” prehistoric dire wolves, CNN reports. But in Issues, the zoologist John O’Brien questions this approach to protecting the planet’s biodiversity.
The Minnesota Diet

2 weeks ago | issues.org | Charlie Jane Anders

Rey Velasquez Sagcal Future Tense Fiction “The deliveries,” Vera says from behind the counter, “they just haven’t been showing up.” This story was originally published in Slate in January 2018. It is republished here as a part of the Future Tense Fiction project, presented by Issues in collaboration with ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination. Author’s note: I’ve only gotten more worried about mass starvation since I wrote “The Minnesota Diet” back in 2017.
When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis

1 month ago | issues.org | Annalee Newitz

Rey Velasquez Sagcal Future Tense Fiction “It predicted 3cry had found a disease outbreak, and that took precedence over all other inputs.” This story was originally published in Slate in December 2018. It is republished here as a part of the Future Tense Fiction project, presented by Issues in collaboration with ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination.
Ranchers Resist Proposed Ban on Cell-Cultured Meat

1 month ago | issues.org | Tom Burroughs |Alex Smith |Saloni Shah

In Nebraska, the US leader in beef production, controversy is swirling over a proposal to make the state the latest to ban the sale of “cell-cultured” meat, the AP reports. In Issues, Alex Smith and Saloni Shah argue that shifting to an alternative source of meat would bring huge benefits for the environment, public health, and animal welfare—and potentially for workers and the economy.
Not the Time to Reinvent EPA Science

2 months ago | issues.org | Terry F. Yosie |Vol. XLI

In “Transforming How the Environmental Protection Agency Does Science”(Issues, Fall 2024), Terry F. Yosie exclusively promotes the use of One Environment-One Health and systems-based approaches for science. These approaches may sometimes work, but our knowledge is often inadequate to employ them and they are not applicable for every circumstance. EPA’s current approaches to science have been effective and need not be cast aside at this time.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Misinformation?

2 months ago | issues.org | Monya Baker |Asheley R. Landrum |Kimberly Quach

Vaccines, oil spills, genetic engineering, and stem cells—anywhere there’s science, there’s also misinformation. It muddies our ability to make good decisions, ranging from far-reaching ones like creating policy to simple ones like what to buy at the grocery store. Misinformation also undermines trust in scientific institutions and across society. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine tasked an expert committee with addressing misinformation.
Centering Patients in Long COVID Research

2 months ago | issues.org | Brian Vastag |Jay Lloyd |Vol. XLI

Patient advocates are cautiously optimistic that forthcoming studies will track their concerns and lead to treatments. In 2021, Robert DeRosa sought treatment for crushing fatigue, unexplained pains, loss of teeth, gastrointestinal distress, and other symptoms that had persisted for nearly a year following a COVID-19 infection. His physician, a pulmonologist working at a newly set up long COVID treatment center, told him he was just deconditioned.
The Funniest Centaur Alive

2 months ago | issues.org | Gregory Mone

Rey Velasquez Sagcal Future Tense Fiction “I had the model study every second of every comedy show ever recorded.” Why was she even there? They had two more days in Vegas, and she’d been working from seven in the morning until ten at night, corralling prospects on the trade show floor, hosting cocktail parties, posting updates, selling nonstop. Now she was stuck in a crowded second-rate comedy club. A man at the table behind her had dog breath. Her feet were hot.
Could an ARPA Help Resurrect US Manufacturing?

2 months ago | issues.org | William B. Bonvillian |Jay Lloyd |Vol. XLI

The United States will not regain its leadership in manufacturing by doing more of the same. The country must pursue new paradigms to invoke technological surprise and spur leaps in productivity. The weakness of US manufacturing has become both a social and political issue. Supply chain shocks induced by the COVID-19 pandemic made the true costs of disinvestment in US manufacturing capability evident to American consumers.
Reconsidering Research Security

Jan 22, 2025 | issues.org | John Gannon |Richard Meserve |Maria T. Zuber |Jay Lloyd

Research security isn’t only about defending against external threats; it also requires ensuring that the United States remains a leader in global innovation by supporting the people and infrastructure that fuel it. The United States’ global leadership in research was built on the foundation of substantial government investments in science and technology (S&T) made during World War II.