When authoritative sources hold onto bad data: A legal scholar explains the need for government databases to retract information
Theranos was dissolved years ago, and its CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, is in prison, but the company’s patents based on bad science live on – a stark example of the persistence of faulty information.
Dec. 14, 2023 • ~8 min
Electric arc furnaces: the technology poised to make British steelmaking more sustainable
Electric arc furnaces can use up to 100% scrap steel as its raw material, resulting in a significant reduction in emissions.
Dec. 1, 2023 • ~7 min
OpenAI is a nonprofit-corporate hybrid: A management expert explains how this model works − and how it fueled the tumult around CEO Sam Altman's short-lived ouster
The board is supposed to stop OpenAI from veering from its mission of building technology that benefits humanity.
Nov. 30, 2023 • ~10 min
Maine voters don't like their electric utilities, but they balked at paying billions to buy them out
Power companies can be publicly or privately owned and may report to corporate boards, local governments or co-op members. But there’s no one best way to deliver electricity reliably and affordably.
Nov. 9, 2023 • ~10 min
Let the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media's crisis of legitimacy
In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers Big Tech a path to legitimacy as public spaces.
Oct. 24, 2023 • ~10 min
Gangsters are the villains in 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government
The Osage murders of the 1920s are just one episode in nearly two centuries of stealing land and resources from Native Americans. Much of this theft was guided and sanctioned by federal law.
Oct. 16, 2023 • ~10 min
Climate change is a fiscal disaster for local governments − our study shows how it's testing communities in Florida
A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax bases.
Oct. 5, 2023 • ~11 min
Climate change is about to play a big role in government purchases – with vast implications for the US economy
The Biden administration directed agencies to consider the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in their future purchasing and budget decisions. An example shows just how much is at stake.
Oct. 3, 2023 • ~8 min
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