The United States no longer leads the world in basic science. There is growing recognition of a gap in translational activities — the fruits of American research do not convert to economic…
By M. Anthony Mills | Ishan Sharma | Caleb Watney | Dan Correa | February 3, 2022
With a new variant running rampant, an enormous wave of cases, hospitals under strain, mask mandates returning, states of emergency being redeclared, and schools reverting to virtual learning, it is…
By M. Anthony Mills | January 25, 2022
Editor’s Note: The coronavirus pandemic has brought onto the center stage of public debate our deep, although often unarticulated, disagreements about the nature of scientific knowledge and the authority of…
By M. Anthony Mills | Harry Collins | December 23, 2021
In an age of many irreconcilable partisan divisions, lawmakers on Capitol Hill have quietly come to agree on at least one thing: the federal government must do more to shore up American…
By M. Anthony Mills | November 18, 2021
After having been told for over a year that there was a scientific consensus that Covid had a natural origin — and that any suggestion of a possible lab leak…
By M. Anthony Mills | October 1, 2021