Archive - Science Forever

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Agnes Callard has an idea that explains identity, attention, negativity — and the decline of authority

Sep 24 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

A champion football coach can embrace his awkwardness. Why can’t everyone?

Awkwardness once counted against Curt Cignetti. Winning gave him permission to own it. It shouldn’t have to.

Sep 15 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Neil Shubin Isn’t Backing Down on Climate Science. So Why Is He Reviewing This Chapter?

The new leader of the National Academy of Sciences isn’t dodging the hard questions.

Sep 3 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

August 2026

Taking away the label doesn’t take away the problem

Uta Frith and Max Pemberton are asking who really deserves a diagnosis. They may be making the problem worse

Aug 27 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Uta Frith Would Have Diagnosed Me With Asperger’s. Now She’s Not So Sure.

Dispatch from her home in Harrow-on-the-Hill, London

Aug 21 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Science will always have policy implications

A compelling recent study showing the effects of zip code on brain scans proves the point

Aug 12 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Why LLMs give you Olive Garden when you want Carbone

Talking with James Evans of UChicago about AI's effect on science and the literature

Aug 6 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

July 2026

The OSTP Golden Age report is a cunning funeral oration for Vannevar Bush

Friends, Americans, scientists, lend me your ears

Jul 28 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Universities are the focus of the attacks and they're fighting with themselves

Why Come Together has become Another Brick in the Wall

Jul 23 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Right now, AI is making science publishing slower, worse, and more expensive

Not Faster, Better, Cheaper

Jul 16 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Leading with Autism - an update on my book

How experts on leadership led me to an exciting place

Jul 9 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

American science at 250

Why it's time to double down on making promises we know we can keep

Jul 3 • Holden Thorp, Science EIC

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