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Latin America’s scientific culture can help build stronger institutions and a more just account of where knowledge comes from.

When Korea launched its industrialization drive in the early 1960s, it was a typical developing country, with poor resource and production bases, a small domestic market, and a large population ...

When I was six or seven years old, an elementary teacher asked me to write down what I wanted to be when I grew up. I listed three options: doctor, teacher, and engineer. My teacher was surprised I ...

Iyamu’s story takes us to an ambitious green housing project, run by a grief-stricken daughter struggling to keep her ...

A core design feature of two funding programs allows them to serve diverse missions across the federal innovation system.

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Twenty years ago, a landmark court case held that intelligent design cannot be taught in science classrooms. What lessons does it offer for conflicts in education? Both trials anchored the idea that ...

Middle-skill jobs are key for the nation and its workforce. Here is where things stand today and projections for future improvements. Globalization and advances in science and technology are ...

Decisions about who can compete as a female athlete in world-class athletics should be informed by science, but they are ultimately subjective. In the summer of 1945, Harry Shapiro, the chair and ...