Climate law can help set up norms for effective pandemic and global health law. To start weaving cloth, you have to build a loom @nature @alexandraphelan nature.com/articles/d4158…

"We think that scientists sometimes confuse harshness with intellectual rigour" theconversation.com/peer-review-ca…

Last week, nature ran an article by immunologist Kondwani Jambo who grapples with running a well-funded, cutting-edge lab in Malawi just metres from a hospital where people die when they can't get cheap antibiotics. Please tell us if you've faced similar docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Deadline 7/29! The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute needs new members for its Methodology Committee, the only major health funder with a congressionally mandated leadership committee to support use of good methods. A position that can make a difference. Please RT. #epitwitter pcori.me/3brf0VW

"I would never have become a scientist had I not had my abortion. I have never regretted my decision, but I grieve the experience, which was made so much harder by unnecessary barriers. Brave, necessary words @JacquelynGill @nature nature.com/articles/d4158…

📣📣 Nature is hiring a news intern 📣📣 As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, @nature seeks a journalism intern in London with a passion for science, reporting and writing to join our friendly news team. Find out more and apply: go.nature.com/3IByVyc

I'm at #AAASmtg scoping out authors and article ideas for Issues in Science and Technology. I'll be in booth #409 from noon to 1p Fri-Sat. Come say hello!

It's up to policy, not technology, to stall harm from AI. Scholar Kate Crawford has real-world ideas to move from hand-wringing to reasonable regulation and fairer frameworks

This afternoon! Join ISSUES online at 1 PM ET to discuss how to change academic culture to combat sexual harassment with Vassiki Chauhan, Karen Stubaus, Cheryl Cooky, and Meredith Wadman. Register here:asu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

In June 2022, the Supreme Court decided in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to leave decisions about abortion to states. Arizona State University prof Jane Maienschein evaluates the claims made in Dobbs and argues for establishing sound, consistent definitions: issues.org/metaphysics-em…

An exemplar of how the language of debate limits discussion: “The language used now forces debate into binary extremes of 'no moral worth' versus 'personhood.'”

An obsession with gauging accuracy of individual posts is misguided, Claire Wardle in our new collection on misinformation and disinformation. To strengthen information ecosystems, focus on narratives and why people share what they do. issues.org/misunderstandi…

“The field of medicine exists to take care of people,” writes Guo-Fang Tseng, “but the gray and grueling atmosphere medical schools create seems to drive away essential human characteristics that medical professionals need.” issues.org/silent-mentors…

Federal Research Funding: Is There a Fairer Way to Share the Pie? Join us Tuesday, June 27, at 3 PM ET to discuss the distribution of funding with Dr. Anna Quider, @VaSansone, @DinaMyersStroud, & Chris Nomura—moderated by FYI: Science Policy News’s Mitch Ambrose. Register: asu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

ASU Scholar Jane Maienschein dissecting Dobbs arguments: "many competing social, political, and legal claims that purport to be grounded in “the science” but are instead matters of metaphysical conviction and belief" issues.org/metaphysics-em… Issues in Science and Technology

Well-designed policies alone cannot prevent social harm from new technologies, Ido Sivan-Sevilla writes in our Summer issue. Instead, watchdogs must have tools to scrutinize how such policies are implemented, paving the road for digital accountability. issues.org/digital-tech-s…

US drug companies turn taxpayer-funded innovation into astronomical profits. Travis Whitfill and Mariana Mazzucato argue that the new ARPA-H offers an opportunity to rethink how medical advances are funded so that they benefit all stakeholders fairly. issues.org/arpa-h-taxpaye…

How can replicating science be fun? ⁦@tedmiguel⁩ ⁦@fhoces⁩ et al explain how ⁦I4R⁩ has made replicating experiments into a game - and how normalizing replication intimately improves science. Read more in ⁦nature⁩ nature.com/articles/d4158…

Theories of change, applied to open science. A thirty minute chat with Brian Nosek (@[email protected]) Issues in Science and Technology issues.org/episode-36-ope…

I hope to see many of you at our Lit Crawl event on October 25, 2025. For SFWW, our theme this year is "We've Got Notes for You!" Five of our current and former regulars will read their writing and tell us how workshop feedback has informed their revision process. #BookTwitter