Archive - Science Forever

Processing the Gold Standard Science order

It is possible to support science and hold it accountable at the same time

21 hrs ago •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

May 2025

What the secretary's own data say about his autism comments

Comparing RFK's statements at the press conference to what is in the actual CDC paper

May 24 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Doctors are important science communicators

Speaking to the MD graduates at UAB Medical School Commencement

May 18 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

My speech to the graduates at the Olin College of Engineering

Special place for the kind of engineers we need

May 16 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

One view of a new social contract between academia and America

Talking to Danielle Allen about her piece in The Atlantic

May 8 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Beginning the discussion of a way forward

Roundup of recent events in the crisis for American science, and the emergence of new voices on where we stand and where we could go

May 5 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

April 2025

Reconciling the inside and outside narratives for higher education

There's a way to do it, and there's also no choice

Apr 3 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

February 2025

A tumultuous week in higher education and science

Indirect cost cuts, a new secretary of health and human services, and a Dear Colleague letter send shock waves

Feb 18 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Vaccines don't cause autism - so what does?

There isn't just science that shows it's not vaccines, there's science that shows in detail what the genetic causes are

Feb 8 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

Calling all wartime leaders for higher ed

Scott Cowen's leadership of Tulane after Katrina is a model for today

Feb 4 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

January 2025

First evidence that HIV causes AIDS

The classic paper in Science from Bob Gallo et al.

Jan 29 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

It makes sense to be anxious.

We can navigate the drama at the NIH (and now NSF), but there's no use in pretending there aren't a lot of frightening and maddening unknowns

Jan 27 •

Holden Thorp, Science EIC

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