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Metascience
The “Metascience 101” Podcast Series
A nine-episode set of interviews that doubles as a crash course in the debates, issues, and ideas driving the modern metascience movement
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November 19th 2024
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Biotechnology
The Triple Rapid Framework for Pandemic Diagnostics
Rapid reconfiguration, rapid deployment, and rapid results could help contain future outbreaks at their source
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November 12th 2024
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Emerging Technology
How to Build the Future of AI in the United States
Part Two of Compute in America
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October 23rd 2024
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Emerging Technology
Will We Ever Get Fusion Power?
The private sector is taking a fresh look at the challenging technology
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July 10th 2024
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High-Skilled Immigration
Maximizing the Scientific ROI from International PhDs
Scientific grants should be awarded on the basis of merit, not nationality.
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December 2nd 2024
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Biotechnology
Biosecurity in the Trump Era
We highlight five key moves the new administration could make to improve the nation's biosecurity
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November 19th 2024
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High-Skilled Immigration
Practical Ways to Modernize the Schedule A List
An analysis of responses to the Department of Labor's recent Request for Information
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October 7th 2024
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High-Skilled Immigration
High-Skilled Immigration Resources
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September 25th 2024
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High-Skilled Immigration
Expelling Excellence: Exchange Visitor Restrictions on High-Skill Migrants in the United States
Examining the Exchange Visitor Skills List, a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States
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August 8th 2024
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High-Skilled Immigration
Meeting U.S. Defense Science and Engineering Workforce Needs
A progress report
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July 25th 2024
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Infrastructure
How NEPA Will Tax Clean Energy
The National Environmental Policy Act has become a barrier to environmental policy
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July 25th 2024
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High-Skilled Immigration
Bolstering STEM Talent with the National Interest Waiver
How a 2022 update streamlines the green card process
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July 12th 2024
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Emerging Technology
How to Build an AI Data Center
Part One of Compute in America: Building the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure at Home
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June 20th 2024
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Emerging Technology
The Case for a NIST Foundation
Four ways a non-profit foundation could supercharge NIST’s work on emerging technologies
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June 18th 2024
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Emerging Technology
Compute in America: Building the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure at Home
A new series from the Institute for Progress
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June 10th 2024
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Infrastructure
Seven Frequently Asked Questions About NEPA
Debunking common myths about the National Environmental Policy Act
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June 4th 2024
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