Do Not Surrender to the Tech Tree

A defense of human agency in a techno-deterministic world

Feb 12 • Tao Burga

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January 2026

Five Prescriptions for Simplifying Science Policy

Some thoughts on a National Academies’ report on reforming federal science.

Jan 27 • Andrew Gerard

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NSF Tech Labs FAQs

And thoughts about new institutional models for research.

Jan 15 • Andrew Gerard

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December 2025

How Bad Is It When the Government Cancels Active Research Grants?

Are we headed for a chaotic new normal?

Dec 22, 2025 • Andrew Gerard

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To Get More Effective Drugs, We Need More Human Trials

We're optimizing the wrong steps in drug discovery.

Dec 10, 2025 • Ruxandra Teslo

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Metascience in Dangerous Times

As Macroscience relaunches, a fundamental question has been on my mind.

Dec 2, 2025 • Tim Hwang

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November 2025

Relaunching Macroscience

A better science is possible

Nov 24, 2025 • Andrew Gerard

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December 2024

How Scientific Incentives Stalled the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance, and How We Can Fix It

Peptide-DB: A Million-Peptide Database to Accelerate Science

Dec 13, 2024 • Maxwell Tabarrok

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November 2024

Metascience 101 - EP9: "How to Get Involved"

IN THIS EPISODE: Professor Heidi Williams, Professor Paul Niehaus, and Matt Clancy walk through academic, non-profit and private sector paths to…

Nov 5, 2024 • Tim Hwang

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October 2024

Metascience 101 - EP8: "Invention vs. Diffusion"

IN THIS EPISODE: Journalist Derek Thompson and economist Eli Dourado investigate the bottlenecks standing in the way of the invention vs.

Oct 29, 2024 • Tim Hwang

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Metascience 101 - EP7: “Science and Political Legitimacy"

IN THIS EPISODE: Journalist Dylan Matthews leads a conversation with Open Philanthropy CEO Alexander Berger, Professor Tyler Cowen, and IFP Co-CEO Caleb…

Oct 23, 2024 • Tim Hwang and Caleb Watney

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Metascience 101 - EP6: “Safety and Science”

IN THIS EPISODE: Journalist Dylan Matthews sits down with Professor Tyler Cowen, Matt Clancy, and Jacob Trefethen to discuss whether there are tensions…

Oct 16, 2024 • Tim Hwang

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