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Opinion: Governments Should Rethink Drug Policies
David Nutt
| Feb 24, 2020
| 5 min read
Draconian drug laws harm citizens the world over. It’s high time to use sound science to change the landscape of prohibition.
Opinion: Policymakers’ Harmful Anti-China Obsession
Christopher Tonnu Jackson
| Sep 28, 2021
| 3 min read
Justifying
science funding through the lens of global competition risks fostering racial bias and discrimination.
Opinion: Include Public Outreach Plans in Grant Requirements
Matthew Woodruff and Alexander Woodruff
| Apr 29, 2021
| 3 min read
Tying federal research funding to scientists’ efforts to inform and engage the public can help fix widespread indifference to science.
NIH Changes Extension Policy to Better Support Women PIs
Chloe Tenn
| Sep 20, 2021
| 2 min read
The revision allows more time on previous extensions due to COVID-19 and other life events such as childbirth that disproportionately impact early-career women in science.
Science Policy in 2017
The Scientist
| Feb 12, 2017
| 3 min read
The Scientist
’s coverage of key science agencies, the early days of the Trump administration, and the March for Science
Opinion: Research and Debt Reduction
Mary Woolley
| Oct 1, 2011
| 3 min read
Investing more federal dollars in life science research may save the US economy.
Will Marches Help Science? People Are Divided, Survey Finds
Ashley P. Taylor
| May 12, 2017
| 2 min read
National opinions about the effectiveness of last month’s science and climate marches are mixed and follow political lines, a Pew survey reports.
Q&A: Overhaul the Funding System
Kerry Grens
| Sep 28, 2011
| 4 min read
Can science step in to find the best ways of allocating money for research?
NSF Unveils New Sexual Harassment Policy
Catherine Offord
| Sep 21, 2018
| 2 min read
The measures include, in specific cases, terminating awards for researchers who have been found guilty in investigations by their institutions.
Opinion: Science, Meet Politics
Miriam R. Fein
| Aug 23, 2017
| 5 min read
The events of the past six months have inspired advocacy for the first time.
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