Category: Technology Policy

Expanding access to reliable energy offers better route to address global challenges, climate and energy scholars say in new report. Drastically improved efforts to provide modern energy access to the poor opens up a new approach to development efforts and…

Clark A. Miller and Jennifer Richter Nuclear advocacy is at fever pitch in the United States. This week, CNN will air Pandora’s Promise, Robert Stone’s new film advocating a major push for new nuclear power plants. This weekend, several prominent…

By Clark A. Miller Everyone knows an energy revolution is coming—yet the most important feature of that revolution remains obscure to most people, even inside the energy industry. The social and economic organization of energy is about to change radically,…

By Michael Burnam-Fink The recent revelations of a set of massive and longstanding NSA surveillance programs have prompted blizzard of accusations, defenses, and recriminations from across the political spectrum, PRISM and related programs have been called everything from “all the…

Student Pugwash USA is a social benefit organization that promotes social responsibility in science and technology. Contrary to the misperceptions of occasional callers, we’re not in the business of washing animals or cars.  Instead, we connect students and young people…

By Alaina George, Traditionally, nearly every Diné interaction requires a prayer of some sort. When hunting, there are prayers sung before and after the kill. There are offerings given to fire when cooking. And each morning, a Diné person is…

This is Video 1 of a 7 video series. Check back for the rest.  Video 1: Three Big Ideas.  About the videos: To be an informed citizen one must not only follow the obvious social issues like taxes, international relations,…

Left: A cartoon by Peter Steiner, published by The New Yorker on 5 July 1993 Right: A cartoon by Merlyna Lim, 2012…

By Eric Kennedy, This post has been updated from its previous version.  Conversations about innovation in the United States are rife with the adversarial language of exceptionalism. Take, for example, a recent article by Gary Shapiro, the CEO of the…