Research published in Nature Materials this month takes lessons from cooperation in nature, including that observed in insect swarms, to create better targeting methods for cancer therapeutics [1]. “Smart” anticancer drug systems can use mechanisms [...]
The distinguished experts attending The Art of Science Learning Workshop in Washington in early April were onto something when they concluded that STEM learning—that is, education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—could well benefit from an [...]
IF YOU ONLY HAD A SINGLE STATEMENT TO PASS ON TO OTHERS SUMMARIZING THE MOST VITAL LESSON TO BE DRAWN FROM YOUR WORK, WHAT WOULD IT BE? In his famous Lectures on Physics, Richard Feynman presented this interesting [...]
NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING CHEMIST KARY MULLIS OFFERS A RADICAL NEW WAY TO TREAT INFECTIOUS DISEASES AS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR CURRENT ANTIBIOTICS WANES. Kary Mullis, a self-proclaimed non-specialist, won the Nobel Prize for developing the polymerase chain reaction [...]
Which modern enviro concepts are throwbacks to the past? Four experts discuss the technologies, laws, and states of mind that have their roots in the first wave of the environmental movement. Imagine a city where [...]
Brand has now issued a bold challenge to the very movement he helped create: Can you forsake ideology for the good of the planet?
IN AN ERA DEFINED BY INSTABILITY, SOCIETY MUST REMAIN IMMINENTLY FLEXIBLE AND TURN DISRUPTION INTO A FORCE FOR GOOD Joshua Cooper Ramo, managing director of Kissinger Associates, believes that we live in a “revolutionary age” defined by [...]
LICENSING PATENTS FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD CAN HELP BRING INNOVATIONS IN NUTRITION, MEDICINE, AND COUNTLESS OTHER FIELDS TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM THE MOST In the Wollo highlands of northern Ethiopia, hunger and food insecurity are permanent [...]
WE HAVE ONLY BEGUN TO TAP INTO DESIGN’S REAL POTENTIAL TO SERVE AS A TOOL FOR POLICYMAKING, GOVERNANCE, AND SOCIAL AGENDAS Design is an inescapable dimension of human activity. To adapt one of my favorite quotes by [...]
Image via Wikipedia THE SCIENTIFIC PAPER HAS LONG BEEN THE UNIT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. The scientific publishing industry as we know it today represents a structure of the past. It is profoundly tied to the medium of [...]
Image via Wikipedia THIS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH A REFORMATION OF THE CULTURE AND PRACTICE OF SCIENCE—AND ITS RELATION TO THE WIDER WORLD. “Faster.” Could any other word better capture the reigning paradox of our [...]
Image via Wikipedia THE GLOBAL DIGITAL SOIL MAP WILL GENERATE DATA CRUCIAL FOR COMBATING HUNGER, POVERTY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE. Soil is a critical component of our planet’s ecosystems—it provides food, animal feed, textiles, and wood products [...]
