Issues in Science and Technology has been leading science and technology policy discussions for more than four decades. Published by the US National Academy of Sciences in partnership with Arizona State University, the magazine is a platform where researchers, government officials, business leaders, and others with a stake in public policy can share ideas with a broad audience. Issues provides deeply informed but highly accessible contributions to public discussions and democratic decisionmaking, enhancing the contribution of science and technology to the creation of a better world.

A remarkable treatment for subdural hematomas involves, essentially, using superglue to repair the brain. The superglue procedure inspires the question of whether there exist analogous policy tools that could help fix systems that suffer from a lack of coordination. Essays in the Fall 2025 Issues in Science and Technology engage with the fragmented state of the health care bureaucracy, state and federal cannabis regulation, biosecurity, artificial intelligence, and much more.