It sounds fictional, but the “science fiction science” or “sci-fi-sci” method is meant to predict the effects of real upcoming technologies on society before things take a dystopian turn. Researchers ...

Isaac Newton is a giant in the world of science. You might know him from his greatest hits: the laws of motion, gravity. While Newton didn't invent these forces of nature, he did figure out how they ...

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the illusion of knowledge in the context of COVID-19 and explained how much of what we think we know is actually belief, taken as truth, because it came from a ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a scientist ...

When thinking about career exploration, the words “networking” and “informational interviews” often come up, but they can sometimes feel daunting, especially for early-career researchers and academics ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It sounds fictional, but the “science fiction science” or “sci-fi-sci” method is meant to predict the effects of real upcoming technologies on ...