J. Scott Turner

J. Scott Turner

In this report, J. Scott Turner reassesses America’s 75‑year experiment with federally funded “Big Science,” arguing that the system built to spark discovery has instead s......

• Science
• Academic Research
• DEI

Continue Reading

J. Scott Turner

Modern science played an integral part in the rise to global dominance of both the Soviet Union and the United States in the twentieth century. Simon Ings’ Stalin and the Scientists explores, th......

Continue Reading

J. Scott Turner

J. Scott Turner finds that Richard Dawkins’ and Jana Lenzová’s The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie is an eloquent defense of the Darwinian faith that won&......

Continue Reading

J. Scott Turner

NAS Director of Science Programs J. Scott Turner reviews Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s The Real Anthony Fauci, in which Kennedy dissects the costly incompetence of our scientific health establish......

Continue Reading

J. Scott Turner

In this episode of The Week in Science, our main topics are artificial intelligence in scientific publication and the ongoing meltdown over the federal government changing the rules for how it spends......

• Science
• Podcast
• TWIS

Continue Reading

J. Scott Turner

Listen in as we discuss the various risks climate poses and how we should discuss the so-called "climate emergency."

• Restoring the Sciences Webinar Series

Continue Reading

J. Scott Turner

Increasingly, collegiality is being added to the traditional triad of excellence that wins professors tenure. And now, the issue of collegiality is a fraught minefield, and has become one of......

• Tenure
• College Administration

Continue Reading