What can we learn about the relationship between science and the American public from the story of plagues of locusts in the 1870s?
The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America
The End of Science? Agnosis and American Fascism
The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) annually awards the John Desmond Bernal Prize to one or more individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the field of Science and Technology Studies. Past winners have included founders of the field, along with outstanding scholars who have devoted their careers to understanding the social dimensions of science and technology. This article is the revised text of the 2025 Bernal Lecture by Paul Edwards.
Guest post: If you’re going to critique science, be scientific about it
Loren K. Mell Editor’s note: This post responds to a Feb. 13 article in The Atlantic, “The Scientific Literature Can’t Save Us Now,” written by Retraction Watch cofounders Adam Marcus and Ivan Oran…
What happened to Science Goodreads and how do we rebuild it? A 65 million dollar question (at least) - Cosmik Labs
The story of the rise and fall of Mendeley
The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do
OR: the long overdue forest fire
Dark-Moneyed Denialists Are Running 'Fixing Science' Symposium of Doubt
The “Fixing Science” symposium, which is hosted by the National Association of Scholars and kicks off today in Oakland, California, includes credible speakers who want to improve some areas of science hurt by the use of poor statistical methods or making irreproducible claims. Unfortunately, they are outnumbered by people who have often cast doubt on mainstream climate, environmental, and health sciences. For […]
What happened to Science Goodreads and how do we rebuild it? A 65 million dollar question (at least) - CAIROS Blog
The story of the rise and fall of Mendeley
Less red tape, more pesticides? Bee careful what you ‘simplify’
Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism
What stories should we tell about scientific progress now?
In search of the mysterious fruits of basic science
A Science Funding System Beyond the Linear Model
Research funders should embrace a new ontology of scientific work to improve the relationship between science and the public.
America’s compact between science and politics is broken
How did we get here?
Rebuilding the Architecture of Science
Science built the modern world. It’s time to rebuild the world of science.
Decolonising Science Reading List
In the last couple of weeks, a lot of people have been asking me about what I’ve been reading as reference points for my commentary on the…
The Lost History of One of the World’s Strangest Science Experiments (Published 2019)
The hummingbirds were dying. Cockroaches were everywhere. And then Steve Bannon showed up.
Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. nytimes.com/2026/07/22/us/politics/trump-…
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
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