On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden said his policies would be "guided by science." One year following President Biden's election, PhDish writer Alec Kittredge explores how the President's actions reflect his promises.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, member of the Coronavirus Task Force and quintessential expert, gives a press conference. "Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID Director" by NIAID is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Trust Me, I Know an Expert
The world contains more information than any one person can comprehend. Who do we turn to when we need guidance on something we ourselves do not understand? Nick Bulthuis discusses the challenges in distinguishing “experts” from other authority figures, particularly in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe USA's Ticking Time-bomb
We need to prepare for Covid-19’s mental and physical aftermath.
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The history of science is full of examples of discovery, both intentional and accidental. But how do scientists study subject matter incapable of being explained by simple models? And additionally, if science can produce favorable results (say, in the clinic), to what extent does it matter whether or not the results can be fully explained? Here, Siddhant Iyer outlines the ways in which scientists may study as-of-yet unexplained phenomena and argues for a framework involving the use of complex models while also acknowledging limitations.