The leader of the American Association of Community Colleges makes the case for these essential institutions as anchors of ...

Social media acts more like a funhouse mirror that creates a distorted reflection of society,” argues Jay Van Bavel.

For several years, photographer Jamey Stillings has been documenting renewable energy projects. From high in the sky and on ...

Join Issues’ Open Editorial Meeting, “Making Sense of Biosecurity in the Age of AI,” with Edward H. You and Sonia Ben ...

A new publication aims to train young scientists to act responsibly and ethically, be good stewards of public funding and trust, and navigate the broader responsibilities that come with being a ...

In “Escaping AI’s Measurement Trap” (Issues, Summer 2026), Urs Gasser, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, and Fabienne Marco make a compelling case that governance of artificial intelligence faces a problem.

There is much discussion on how artificial intelligence poses threats to biosecurity; there should be at least as much focus on how AI can expand the solutions. Today’s biosecurity approach is still ...

The Fall 2026 issue explores how artificial intelligence might affect public policy in a variety of domains. Take biosecurity: Despite the fear that AI could be used to engineer dangerous pathogens, a ...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping work, leaving many people wondering how to gain the skills they need to keep up with a rapidly changing world. Now, a group of American community colleges is ...

In “What Do We Want From AI?” (Issues, Spring 2026), John P. Nelson takes stock of the many ways that artificial intelligence is affecting our lives and societies, and puts forward the lens of “public ...

American astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s (1868–1921) research laid the foundation for modern astronomy’s understanding of the structure and size of the universe. After graduating from Radcliffe ...

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2026, 296 pp. Why does India produce numerous Silicon Valley leaders yet remain in the relative wilderness when it comes to tech innovation and industry ...