by Joe Pomerening | Jan 13, 2020 | Ethics, Publishing, Science Policy
A news story was published this past week that inspired a search for some fitting Russian proverbs. For those of you adept at reading Russian, here’s one...
by Joe Pomerening | Jan 6, 2020 | Government, Science Policy
When you think of the word “science”, it is likely that “innovation”, “advancement”, or “for the betterment of humanity” comes to mind. But while...
by Michael Patterson | Feb 19, 2018 | Biological Engineering, Biotechnology, Human Health, Science Policy
Researchers published in Cell this week the successful implantation of pig embryos with human pluripontent stem cells. Within the paper researchers also...
by david.guarrera | Feb 19, 2018 | Defense, Emerging Technologies, Government, Science Policy, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Former DARPA program manager and now senior scientist at RAND, Dr. Rand Waltzman has become a prominent voice on so-called “cognitive...
by Michael Patterson | Jan 25, 2018 | Biological Engineering, Biotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Science Policy
This week a group of scientists based at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai published in Cell the first reported successful cloning of a...
by Michael Patterson | Jan 22, 2018 | Biological Engineering, Biotechnology, Government, Human Health, Public Health, Science Policy
This week saw the publication of a fairly controversial article which entailed the rescue of Horsepox virus. The authors of the paper wanted to 1) push...
