Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
R Sánchez-Rivera on the Hidden Legacy of Eugenics
For those who think “eugenics” mostly represents just a nasty page in history, sociologist R Sánchez-Rivera, has some sobering news. What was […]
Ramanan Laxminarayan on Antibiotic Use
Let’s say you were asked to name the greatest health risks facing the planet. Priceton University economist Ramanan Laxminarayan, founder and director […]
How NIH Funding Works − Until It’s Gone
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration terminated more than US$2 billion in federal grants, according to a public source database […]
Pope Francis, Human Dignity, and the Right to Stay, Migrate and Return
Pope Francis devoted his Message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees in 2023 to the “right” or “freedom” to stay or […]
How Can You Serve the Globe’s People If You Don’t Know How Many There Are?
Every day, decisions that affect our lives depend on knowing how many people live where. For example, how many vaccines are needed […]
Migrant Deaths Along the US-Mexico Border: Causes, Counts, and What the Future May Hold
The Accounting for Migrant Deaths Working Group has a simple but ambitious goal – to ensure an accurate count of migrant deaths […]
How Science Can Adapt to a New Normal
Scientific institutions are in full scramble. No amount of diplomacy or charity can interpret the modern moment as anything other than an […]
Changing the World or Changing Ourselves?
In this blog post, co-authors Catherine Brentnall and David Higgins reflect on their interest in how educators change themselves and their practice […]
