During the MIT Science Policy Initiative’s Congressional Visit Days, PhD students and postdocs met with legislators to share expertise and advocate for science agency funding.

New studies show that caste and ethnic identity play an outsize role in how business interacts with government in developing countries.

What steps could the next UK government take to reduce demand for fossil fuels and help prevent gas prices spiking again?

The public is largely open to moving away from fossil fuel use for residential heating and hot water.

Local governments are increasingly buying – and forgiving – their residents’ medical debt.

Governments can exclude certain groups of people in policies and services not only by the type of data they collect but also how they collect, store, analyze and use the data.

Hidden Peat, a new campaign from The Wildlife Trusts, encourages people to look out for peat-free alternatives and support their wider use.

The six-year-late UK national action plan for the sustainable use of pesticides is finally due but experts doubt it will be radical enough.