You can’t have a golden age of science without scientists
The White House has just produced the most serious rethinking of federal science funding in 80 years.
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Where’s the risk in that?
A new study shows that German grants are too wary
Germany’s Patent Strength Is Narrower Than It Looks
Germany’s patent machine is powerful. It is also pointed at the past.
Furnishing the Void: How Project Hail Mary Familiarizes Humanity With Outer Space
A Project Hail Mary film review
Why Germany’s Academic System Repels Talent
How short contracts, chair power, and missing career paths drive researchers abroad
How Germany Lost the Technological Frontier
Or: What James Bond teaches you about Science Policy
German Carmakers Have Surrendered the Future
Where are the German self-driving cars?
What if Germany isn’t very good at research?
“Great research, poor commercialization” is too Naive
Cope is Not a Strategy
Can Europe Only Hope for American AI to Stop Working?
Why is nobody talking about the EU Blue Card?
Europe should proactively attract more high-skilled labour