Kuleza spoke with Univision about a recent Baker Institute policy brief that investigated trends in mental health, bullying, and student safety from 2011 to 2023 among students in the Houston Independent School District.
Lane was a guest on the "Beyond Millions with Richie Rich" podcast, where he shared more on his career path and examined current challenges facing scientific leadership and public trust. The conversation saw Lane offer practical advice for aspiring scientists and policymakers, and his vision for how science can best serve society in the years ahead.
Evans and other experts explore the interdependence of the U.S. and China in the global tech and raw materials economy—specifically focusing on rare earth elements and advanced computer chips, highlighting each nation's strategic leverage over the other.
A new report from Trilliant Health found that Americans are paying widely varying amounts for the same healthcare procedure. In an interview with Scripps News, Ho discusses why prices are so inconsistent, adding that transparent pricing information on health care could help drive prices down.
Researchers were hopeful when President Donald Trump appointed Michael Kratsios as chief science adviser: though Kratsios lacks a background in science, he had previously shown support for the scientific community. Now, many scientists and scholars are dismayed, as they feel Kratsios has fallen woefully short of defending science from the Trump administration's funding and workforce cuts.
“We were really hopeful that Kratsios would defend science, but it doesn’t look like he is going to do that,” said Evans, a science-policy researcher at Rice University. “Tearing everything down doesn’t seem like a way forward.”