Adult Literacy Is Mysteriously Declining Across Many High-Income Countries
COVID and smartphones alone cannot explain the decline. One thing we do know: both young and old need to retain the ability to gather and process information.
Opinion
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Science Doesn’t Need Better Journals. It Needs Better Incentives.
Journal prestige shapes what science gets done, how fast it moves, and whose work gets seen. Pushing institutions to engage in open science can make the system more equitable.
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Social Science Is a Good Investment in Future Innovation
To make progress in artificial intelligence, biotech, and medicine, we need to understand the social forces that make talented thinkers flourish.
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The Authoritarian Lasso of Digital Surveillance in Rwanda
The authoritarian lasso is a new phenomenon that uses modern digital technologies to blur the boundaries between domestic and international space.
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US Science Can Stay Independent
The executive branch wants to take control of the scientific enterprise. To stay independent, scientists will need better ways to demonstrate their work’s connection to society’s needs.
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A Realistic Path to Single-Payer Health Care
Instead of relying on a single act of Congress, U.S. states could implement an evidenced-based, step-by-step sequence that could get the country to single-payer health care coverage.
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The Next Congress Can Reset the Nation’s Approach to Addiction
Incoming lawmakers have an opportunity to build an addiction response that is accountable, effective, and prepared for an evolving public health landscape.
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Letter from Laxenburg: How to Make Decisions Amid Uncertainty
My week with people trying to build a more rigorous framework for international cooperation when the stakes are high and interests diverge.
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Should I Use AI? Three Questions to Ask Yourself
After thinking, praying, reading, researching, and talking about whether to use AI, here are the three questions I pose.
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What RFK Jr. Is Missing in His Push to Deprescribe Psychiatric Medication
Deprescribing works only when people have somewhere else to go.