AI, Mental Health, and the Competitive Advantage of Accountability - Science Politics

Hundreds of millions of people already use AI for psychological support. Accountability is not only an ethical imperative but a competitive one.

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The Bipartisan Case for Green Tariffs - Science Politics

Taxing high-pollution imports could generate revenue, create a more even playing field for U.S. firms, and incentivize cleaner manufacturing globally.

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US Science Can Stay Independent - Science Politics

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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What MAHA Could Learn from the British About Regulating Unhealthy Food - Science Politics

Effective food reform demands institutional capacity, durable statutory authority, and a willingness to constrain industry behavior — not merely swapping one ingredient for another.

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A Realistic Path to Single-Payer Health Care - Science Politics

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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Migrant Women Feed the World - Science Politics

Women have stewarded food and water resources for generations. As climate change impacts our eating, policymakers should especially protect women and their ability to be creative and resourceful.

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The Next Congress Can Reset the Nation’s Approach to Addiction - Science Politics

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 - Science Politics

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 - Science Politics

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 - Science Politics

Deprescribing works only when people have somewhere else to go.

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Online Spaces for Children Don’t Have to Be Outlawed. They Just Have to Be Safe Enough. - Science Politics

In well-designed play environments, safety is not achieved by eliminating risk but by designing for it.

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‘Blue Crime’ Is Making the Ocean a Dangerous Place - Science Politics

Better human rights protections at sea could reduce forced labor, human trafficking, debt bondage, and violence.

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How Climate Change and Weather Shaped 250 Years of U.S. History - Science Politics

Cold, rain, drought, and warming have both helped and harmed Americans' efforts at pivotal moments.

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What Revised Emissions Scenarios Mean — And Don’t Mean — For Climate Governance - Science Politics

New scenarios don’t mean that climate change isn’t real or risky. We still have to decide what kind of future we will accept.

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Has the Trump resistance been too passive? Here are 7 ways to effectively protest authoritarian rule

The ‘No Kings’ protests have been important, but smaller, more sustained acts of resistance have proven successful in other countries around the world.

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‘Dialogue is all the rage’: why is the right pouring millions into ‘civil discourse’ initiatives on US campuses?

Universities looking for a fix to relentless controversy are flocking to ‘civility’ initiatives. Critics say these efforts mask a darker project

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Why States Still Anchor Space Norms - Science Politics

Commercial space is booming, but governments still set the rules. To harness innovation, states need to proactively involve the private sector.

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US Healthcare Was Never Built to Work – Here’s What Could Replace It - Science Politics

Meaningful reform requires acknowledging the gap between what health insurance promises and what it currently delivers.

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Insurance Algorithms Are Increasingly Determining Patient Care - Science Politics

The history of insurance shows a privatized public insurance market is working as designed: maximizing revenue by charging taxpayers and minimizing payment by denying claims.

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No One Is Building America's $500 Drone - Science Politics

As the U.S. restricts Chinese drones, American manufacturers are focusing on military systems — leaving firefighters, search teams, and other civilian users without affordable alternatives.

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The Rohingya Crisis Is Also a Climate Story - Science Politics

The humanitarian response continues to be framed almost entirely around protection from persecution, rather than around long-term resilience to recurring environmental shocks.

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The Grid Was Built for the Past Climate - Science Politics

Historical climate conditions are becoming increasingly unreliable guides for future infrastructure planning.

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Who Controls Science? - Science Politics

Competing narratives emerge not because evidence is inherently ambiguous, but because power determines which knowledge is visible, legitimate, or silenced.

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World Ocean Day 2026 Advocates for Strong Marine Protected Areas - Science Politics

Boundaries matter only if we enforce them, and if they are put in the right places to begin with.

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The Myth of the Irreplaceable Scientist - Science Politics

To create fair promotion and evaluation systems, academia might learn something from biology: Cells do not rely on one individual; tissues survive because they are adaptable and redundant.

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What Happens to the Next Generation of Scientists if Politicians, Not Peers, Determine Research Funding - Science Politics

Fewer trainees today will mean fewer scientific discoveries tomorrow.

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Lessons in Resilience - Science Politics

People who have been forcibly displaced by conflicts — such as those in Syria and Ukraine — can show Americans how to thrive despite adversity.

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