Science Policy
How scientific knowledge informs public policy decisions.
Episodes
Conversations and explainers connected to Science Policy.
EP 53
What Claude Actually Did to the Riemann Hypothesis
Claude takes a real run at the Riemann Hypothesis, forcing us to ask what agentic AI can now do in mathematics, before we open the summer transfer window for America’s scientists.
EP 50
AI Breaks a 90-Year Math Problem, Life’s Alphabet in Space, and Science Funding
Asteroid samples reveal life’s molecular alphabet, Washington battles over who controls science funding, and AI produces a counterexample to a 90-year-old mathematics conjecture.
EP 41
Dr. John Mulchaey on Carnegie Science and the Future of Astronomy
A wide-ranging interview with Carnegie Science President John Mulchaey on dark matter, giant telescopes, exoplanets, science funding, and why eclipses still matter.
EP 12
From Princeton to the Nobel Prizes — How FFP Started + 2025 Nobel Recap
Nobel recap, FFP origin story, and a science-policy reality check.