President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January 2021 amid a devastating pandemic, with over 24 million COVID-19 cases and more than 400,000 deaths[1] in the U.S. recorded at that point.
Operation Warp Speed[2], initiated by the Trump administration in May 2020, meant an effective vaccine was becoming available. Biden quickly announced a plan to...
Presidents need science advice. From climate change and pandemics to the governance of AI and the country’s nuclear arsenal, science sits at the center of a range of foreign and domestic policy challenges that reach the president’s desk.
Thankfully for the president – and the nation – the Office of Science and Technology Policy, known...
Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. By reaching orbit, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch[1] has marked a milestone for a commercial space company that has big ambitions.
As a space policy expert[2], I see New Glenn’s success as a big leap...
The Bible’s lex talionis – “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth[1], hand for hand, foot for foot” (Exodus 21:24-27) – has captured the human imagination for millennia. This idea of fairness has been a model for ensuring justice when bodily harm is inflicted.
Thanks to the work of linguists[2], historians[3], archaeologists[4] and ...