AMS Policy Program

An interesting article on public trust in science:

"The mistake, then, is to believe that the educational credentials you get today give you any special authority on truth. What you have gained is far more important: an understanding of what real truth-seeking looks like. It is the effort not of a single person but of a group of people—the bigger the better—pursuing ideas with curiosity, inquisitiveness, openness, and discipline. As scientists, in other words.

Even more than what you think, how you think matters."

The Mistrust of Science - The New Yorker Science has never been more powerful, but it is under attack.

An interesting look at the evolution of our understanding of climate change and its impacts.

Climate change impacts: The growth of understanding In this peculiar history, the main actors are committees and no seminal papers or scientific giants emerge. Seat-of-the-pants guesses made in the 1960s proved to be roughly correct, and the details are still being fleshed out today.