Biotechnology: Reshaping Nature And Life Itself
Vastly promising technologies need funding and focus to come to fruition.
Robert Gates served as the twenty-second secretary of defense (2006–11) and as the director of central intelligence (1991–93) following nearly twenty-seven years in the CIA and on the National Security Council. He is the current chancellor of William & Mary and previously served as president of Texas A&M University. He received his PhD in Russian and Soviet history from Georgetown University.
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Stanford and Hoover scholars see promises and growing pains in our scientific future.
Scientists, policy makers, and ordinary people prepare for profound change amid countless unknowns.
Seven questions for Allison Okamura, Hoover science fellow, from Hoover’s Technology Policy Accelerator.
The Space Race ignited a technological revolution that has fundamentally reshaped the daily lives of nearly every individual on the planet. From global positioning system satellites and the smartphones in our pockets to water purification systems, portable…
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Experts weigh in on the implications of DeepSeek’s open-source model and its impact on technology, geopolitics, the arts, and more.