BOOKS
Rooted deeply in historic fact, Dr. Jason Karlawish’s marvelous new book traces the peculiar career of 19th century clinician-turned-scientist Dr. William Beaumont, who became a scientific one-hit-wonder by exploiting the body of the man whose life he saved.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Ever wonder how many mice have to die to produce one peer-reviewed medical journal article? Or one new drug? And how much can we really learn about human physiology from mice or other animal experiments anyway? Daniel Engber has authored an excellent, three-part expose at Slate that answers these and other questions about the animal research industry.
SCIENCE POLICY NEWS
A new HHS program will pump up to $1 billion into healthcare technology innovation, at the same time House Republicans threaten to cut by 1/3 the funding for the Office of Science and Technology Policy, a major coordinator of interdepartmental science policy.
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This week’s science and technology policy news brief covers intellectual property legislation, a possible alternative to silicon, and a narrowly failed vote in the senate to end the FCC’s net neutrality rules.
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This week’s science and technology policy news brief covers the changing models of early-stage startup finance, the battle over light bulbs on Capitol Hill, and crowd-funded zombie research.
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This week’s science policy news brief covers Microsoft’s vision of the future, the truth about natural gas fracking, the launch of NASA’s new climate satellite, and what happens when police departments demand Google take down videos of police brutality.
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This week’s science policy news brief covers innovation news in clean tech, med tech, ed tech, space tech, and manufacturing innovation. Also, a new study shows that Americans value Hawaii’s coral reef ecosystems to the tune of $34 billion per year.
BOOK RELEASE
Science Progress Editor-In-Chief Jonathan Moreno talks to a packed audience at the Center for American Progress about his new book, The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America.
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This week’s science and technology policy news review covers national lab technologies that create new markets and new jobs, stem cells that could one day regrow livers, a new study finding that humans absorb the RNA of foods they eat, and more.
BOOKS
We have entered what some call the “biological century” and a new biopolitics has emerged to address the implications for America’s collective value system, our well-being, and ultimately, our future. The Body Politic hits bookstores today.
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This week’s science and technology policy news brief covers the signing of major, bipartisan patent reform legislation, a gene sequencing budget pinch, science in the president’s Jobs Act, and developments in clean energy.
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This week’s science policy news brief covers using technology for social justice in India, a major clean energy summit in Vegas, the soaring U.S. solar industry, and a new report on vaccine safety.
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This week’s science policy news brief covers technology incubators on the rise, the PTO’s focus on rural innovation, the shortage of middle-skill labor in the innovation economy, and new innovation incentives being adopted in the states.
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This week’s science policy news brief covers a patent goldrush in the making and what it means for innovation, missions to mars and other stars, the persistent prevalence of climate science denial, and the controversy over new ethanol-oriented GM corn.
This week’s science and technology news brief covers the Army’s green goals, a new NASA innovation program, a breakthrough in anti-viral drug therapy, and clean energy galore
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This weeks science and technology policy news brief covers Congress’s attempt to block FDA approval of GMO salmon, the Myriad gene patent case, robot workers in China, and the future of nuclear power and the international space station.
SCIENCE POLICY NEWS
This weeks science and technology policy news brief covers Congress’s attempt to block FDA approval of GMO salmon, the Myriad gene patent case, robot workers in China, and the future of nuclear power and the international space station.
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STEM EDUCATION Scientists Oppose Cancellation of NSF Science Teaching Program Two scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Emory University have urged the NSF to reconsider its decision to cancel the Graduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fellows in [...]
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