Monya Baker

I edit @ISSUESinST, searching for idea on how science can strengthen society, and how society should guide science

[Olga Zilberbourg @bowlga]

I hope to see many of you at our Lit Crawl event on October 25, 2025. For SFWW, our theme this year is "We've Got Notes for You!" Five of our current and former regulars will read their writing and tell us how workshop feedback has informed their revision process.
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Theories of change, applied to open science. A thirty minute chat with @BrianNosek @ISSUESinST https://t.co/R9iKFZBmqd

[Mary Elizabeth @meharpist]

How can replicating science be fun? ⁦@tedmiguel⁩ ⁦@fhoces⁩ et al explain how ⁦@I4Replication⁩ has made replicating experiments into a game - and how normalizing replication intimately improves science. Read more in ⁦@Nature⁩ https://t.co/COXYchKQJw

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US drug companies turn taxpayer-funded innovation into astronomical profits. @twhitfill and @MazzucatoM argue that the new @ARPA_H offers an opportunity to rethink how medical advances are funded so that they benefit all stakeholders fairly. https://t.co/j53xDB2RCw

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@Techmeme Important issue, but it's one thing to create a regulator and another to ensure it can/does do its job https://t.co/dMCzAHH3Qb @ISSUESinST @idonibrasco

[Issues in Science and Technology @ISSUESinST]

Well-designed policies alone cannot prevent social harm from new technologies, @idonibrasco writes in our Summer issue. Instead, watchdogs must have tools to scrutinize how such policies are implemented, paving the road for digital accountability. https://t.co/VRpyFkHfiL

[Monya Baker @Monya_science]

ASU Scholar Jane Maienschein dissecting Dobbs arguments: "many competing social, political, and legal claims that purport to be grounded in “the science” but are instead matters of metaphysical conviction and belief"
https://t.co/5xplurc4WW @ISSUESinST

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Federal Research Funding: Is There a Fairer Way to Share the Pie?

Join us Tuesday, June 27, at 3 PM ET to discuss the distribution of funding with @AQuider, @VaSansone, @DinaMyersStroud, & Chris Nomura—moderated by @FYIscipolicy’s Mitch Ambrose. Register:
https://t.co/b4TuNwVKLd

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“The field of medicine exists to take care of people,” writes Guo-Fang Tseng, “but the gray and grueling atmosphere medical schools create seems to drive away essential human characteristics that medical professionals need.” https://t.co/8TNxEJj9QC

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@BobClimko Also of interest, an incredible program from Taiwan, where the trainees meet with donor families before, during and after their programs @ISSUESinST https://t.co/FZVohEbCYp

[Monya Baker @Monya_science]

@zenbrainest @slusom Also of interest, an incredible program from Taiwan, where the trainees meet with donor families before, during and after their programs @ISSUESinST https://t.co/FZVohEbCYp

[Monya Baker @Monya_science]

@EliotHiggins @studentvieworg @Demos @PSHEassociation Thanks for the shout-out for Wardle's article.
FWIW, there is another piece in that collection on the school curriculum in Finland https://t.co/xsRs0q7cGD

[Issues in Science and Technology @ISSUESinST]

An obsession with gauging accuracy of individual posts is misguided, @cward1e in our new collection on misinformation and disinformation. To strengthen information ecosystems, focus on narratives and why people share what they do. https://t.co/xyzuiiqaLz

[Issues in Science and Technology @ISSUESinST]

In June 2022, the Supreme Court decided in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to leave decisions about abortion to states. @ASU prof Jane Maienschein evaluates the claims made in Dobbs and argues for establishing sound, consistent definitions: https://t.co/fVgIM67gbn

[Monya Baker @Monya_science]

An exemplar of how the language of debate limits discussion: “The language used now forces debate into binary extremes of 'no moral worth' versus 'personhood.'”

[Issues in Science and Technology @ISSUESinST]

In June 2022, the Supreme Court decided in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to leave decisions about abortion to states. @ASU prof Jane Maienschein evaluates the claims made in Dobbs and argues for establishing sound, consistent definitions: https://t.co/fVgIM67gbn

[Issues in Science and Technology @ISSUESinST]

This afternoon! Join ISSUES online at 1 PM ET to discuss how to change academic culture to combat sexual harassment with Vassiki Chauhan, Karen Stubaus, @ProfCooky, and @meredithwadman. Register here:https://t.co/Q0lNHwG8CY

[Monya Baker @Monya_science]

It's up to policy, not technology, to stall harm from AI. Scholar Kate Crawford has real-world ideas to move from hand-wringing to reasonable regulation and fairer frameworks

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On the latest episode of #TheOngoingTransformation podcast, @katecrawford sits down with ISSUES senior editor @Monya_science to discuss AI as an extractive industry, the idea of enchanted determinism, and—of course—policy. Listen or read the transcript: 1/ https://t.co/fDmj37NMvZ

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@medjournalist 👋

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I'm at #AAASmtg scoping out authors and article ideas for @ISSUESinST. I'll be in booth #409 from noon to 1p Fri-Sat. Come say hello!

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@Emma_Marris Well, of course there is https://t.co/7FuMbkUjgm
from the 1970s, where solar power fuels steam engines , and the novel was based on the leading science of the time