Why are legislators trying to get rid of daylight saving time?
It’s that time of year again when the days are getting shorter and the clocks are moved back. While many of us may consider the biannual time change to be…
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Legislation
Why “Saving Women’s Sports” Won’t Help Anyone
A wave of legislation marketed to improve conditions for women athletes conflates transgender participation with the enduring marginalization of women in sport. Ensuring supportive, not mutually exclusive, access to sports…
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Compartmentalizing A Culture War: A Stem Cell Biologist’s Relationship With Abortion Policy
The use of fetal tissue for scientific research has long been at the intersection of political polarization and medical breakthroughs. In 2019, the Trump administration passed restrictions on human fetal…
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The Wild Wild West of Tear Gas Regulation
Last summer, images of tear gas-laden protestors engulfed the news cycle amidst clashes with local police. When Paula Rogish attended a protest in May of 2020 in front of Austin…
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How Can a Neuroscientist Work in Policy?
For the first time in U.S. history, the science advisor to the president has been elevated to a cabinet-level position. While this move was perhaps precipitated by the scientific nature…
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