Community colleges are working to democratize AI education and meet the need for AI-fluent workers in the labor force.

Dwaipayan Banerjee's recent book explores how the forces of global politics and capitalism shaped India’s technological revolution.

Now is the time to pilot a knowledge commons that allows communities to share data and policy advocacy information.

By using a few public policy levers, the federal government can help increase public data use in targeted ways.

Oversight of artificial intelligence is largely built on benchmarks that fail to capture how models have learned to “perform for the test.” A better system would govern through learning and inquiry.

After the firing of the National Science Board, legislators have an opportunity to establish a new balance between democratic accountability and protection from partisan meddling. A little more than a ...

When the second Trump administration took office in January 2025, the executive branch moved forcefully to slash federal funding for science. It posed challenge after challenge to the long-standing ...

As the federal government withdraws from public data collection, states cannot step into the breach without addressing common challenges and disparities. Although SLDSs are increasingly thought of as ...

Burning Glass Institute president Matt Sigelman shares his insights about the worth of a college degree, the future of work in an age of artificial intelligence, and revitalizing the American dream.

Simons Foundation president David Spergel talks about the evolving landscape for science philanthropy, his outlook for the research enterprise, and remaining hopeful in an uncertain time.

Four years ago, we founded a new kind of scientific organization to build fundamental technologies and accelerate discovery. Almost a dozen launches later, we have an idea of what works—and what doesn ...

Our new miniseries, Not Now, But Soon, challenges the stories we often tell about disasters and explores how we can use speculative fiction to create better futures and policies. On our first episode, ...