Climate change: university researchers feel powerless to take action – survey

Some study the crisis, but all are worried – and frustrated.

Briony Latter, Researcher in Climate Change Engagement, Cardiff University • conversation
Jan. 30, 2024 • ~8 min

Twitter's new data fees leave scientists scrambling for funding – or cutting research

Twitter has long allowed anyone to access its data about who tweeted what and when. This has been a boon to research, from public health to criminology. The new fees put that research at risk.

Jon-Patrick Allem, Assistant Professor of Research in Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California • conversation
Feb. 8, 2023 • ~7 min

Building machines that work for everyone – how diversity of test subjects is a technology blind spot, and what to do about it

It’s easy for researchers to fall back on using test subjects from the communities around them – students and employees. Branching out is key to avoiding technology that fails certain populations.

James Gibert, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University • conversation
Jan. 17, 2022 • ~9 min

18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic – a retrospective in 7 charts

A lot has happened since the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. A portrait in data highlights trends in everything from case counts, to research publications, to variant spread.

Katelyn Jetelina, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston • conversation
Sept. 9, 2021 • ~10 min

What is a clinical trial? A health policy expert explains

The only way to know if a medical treatment actually works is with a randomized-controlled trial.

Zoe McLaren, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
May 13, 2020 • ~6 min

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