Science Policy
- Avi Blizovsky
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Israel has excellent universities, advanced high-tech, and high spending on R&D, but American experience shows that scientific success requires more than just initiatives: basic research, stable public funding, academic freedom, the absorption of researchers, and bridges between
- Avi Blizovsky
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Germany, Britain, and France dominated science in the early 20th century, but the United States overtook them through the absorption of researchers, long-term public investment, strong universities, and scientific freedom. On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a cut
- Avi Blizovsky
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Artificial intelligence tools greatly increase researchers’ productivity and citations, but may narrow the range of questions that science explores. An opinion piece in Nature warns against the creation of a scientific monoculture.
- Avi Blizovsky
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A new position paper calls for the establishment of an independent foundation that will finance academic research in the early stages of transitioning from the laboratory to practical solutions, without harming basic research.
- Avi Blizovsky
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All 22 serving members of the National Science Board have been removed without public explanation, in a move that raises concerns about the damage to the independence of American and global science.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Two Science reports in January 2026 describe “noisy” moves that sometimes stall in the face of structural changes that could weaken the training pipeline — from budgets to immigration and DEI
- Avi Blizovsky
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Signa Razzo, responsible for widening access to the €93.5 billion Horizon Europe program, calls on Europe to strengthen ties with countries “with a similar worldview” and protect research freedom against erosion of status
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
Controlled experiment demonstrates how open models can bypass DNA sequence filtering — leading to industry-wide update of filtering software; goal: thwart bioterrorism before it starts
- Avi Blizovsky
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March 7 protests across the US and Europe will protest cuts to research, staffing and funding, and push for continued federal focus on diversity, equity and inclusion
