Current Issue
Threats to Science: Politicization, Misinformation, and Inequalities
Vol. 700, March 2022
Science is vulnerable to threats that undermine its usefulness. In this volume of The ANNALS, special editor James N. Druckman argues that politicization, misinformation, and growing socioeconomic inequalities are the most significant threats to science today, and articles from contributing authors explain the origins, scale and potential impact of these threats. From the deep roots of politicized science to the weaponization of misinformation to long-standing inequalities within the scientific enterprise, this volume brings evidence that illuminates these current threats to science. As Druckman explains, the assembled articles show how contemporary threats to science “have serious consequences. Yet the ingenuity that has generated transformative science can also be used to address threats and help science to play a role in improving societal well-being. That much is clear from the articles in this volume.”
From the Archives

Truth as a Weapon in the Free World
Vol. 278, November, 1951
Richard Brecker
From the Introduction