Academic Freedom Is a Public Good
The truth-seeking higher education enables is among democracy’s core pillars. Why doesn’t the general public seem to care?
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Not All Hungers Are the Same
On the Papuan plantation frontier, industrial oil palm concessions are creating new ways of thinking about hunger: as a force that haunts, as a form of shame, as a source of anger.
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To Save the Deep Sea, We Need Fewer Batteries
Instead of extracting critical minerals from the seafloor to fuel batteries, we could reduce, reuse, and recycle batteries we already have.
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The US Is Using Weapons Faster Than It Can Replace Them
U.S. weapons technology depends on minerals, supply chains, and industrial capacity it does not control.
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What Will Bring the Next Generation of Global Health Students Hope?
Students can learn from past social movements so they can rebuild global health creatively and without restraint.
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ARPA for Development
What economic development can learn from mission-driven science.
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The US Is Disengaging from the UN — But Multilateralism Might Not Be Dead Yet
As the U.S. blocks consensus inside the UN, other countries are still finding solutions to science and technology governance.
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Is Anyone on Your Feed Real?
As AI-generated content floods today’s social media, people are starting to leave — pushing platforms toward new models built around authenticity.
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From Neuron to Neighborhood
Kenyan community care networks offer a model for how people can live well with dementia.
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USAID’s Migration Policy Should Not Be Forgotten
A billion people are on the move. A USAID policy met that reality. It only lasted weeks before the Agency’s dismantling. Here’s why it still matters.