The COVID-19 pandemic seems to take every public problem—vast social inequality, political polarization, the spread of conspiracy theories—and magnify it. Among these problems is the public’s growing ...

At the HTLS 2025, Pushmeet Kohli highlighted the nature of AI, which is powerful yet prone to errors. He stressed the need ...

Shivanku Misra is an AI expert, currently serving as Vice President overseeing enterprise advanced analytics and AI initiatives at McKesson. In the rapidly evolving field of data science, the success ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Education about climate science is key to addressing global warming, because people who understand how human actions affect the climate can make more environmentally friendly decisions and advocate ...

For people working across the philanthropic sector, data science can feel like an unwieldy topic. Where do you start? What data is important? How does it fit into your community work? Before you get ...

Both science and common sense tell us we should avoid discussing topics at work that incite emotion and make us irrational. Hundreds of behavioral science studies show people rarely understand the ...

Rice University has created a new academic department to build upon its reputation as a recognized leader in materials science and nanotechnology research. The Department of Materials Science and ...

When I was a kid, I’d sometimes spend the day with my dad in his lab, at the National Institutes of Health. For a few hours I’d read, while eating vending-machine crackers and drinking Diet Coke. I’d ...