{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Science: A New Golden Age?","description":"The team sits down to talk about the new OSTP report, Science: A New Golden Age. What role should the government have in the scientific enterprise? What should national scientific goals be? It is time to integrate new funding models into research and development, or does that unacceptably increase the risk for politicization of science? Does the report\u2019s emphasis on breakthroughs that benefit the public more quickly ignore the importance of foundational research? &amp;nbsp; Coming up on the 25th anniversary of 9\/11, Chris gives an atta to Joe Biden for making the hard decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan 5 years ago. Zack has a shoutout for Moderna and Merck for continued work on mRNA cancer vaccines, and Melanie congratulates British Prime Minister Andy Burnham for going to Kyiv and giving Ukraine classified data so it can produce Scalp long-range missiles. &amp;nbsp; Show Links: &amp;nbsp;   Gil Barndollar, \u201cFive Years Later, Biden Was Proven Right in Withdrawing From Afghanistan,\u201d American Prospect, August 17, 2026.   Matthew Harper, Jason Mast, and Angus Chen, \u201cInside Moderna and Merck\u2019s cancer vaccine triumph,\u201d STAT News, August 24, 2026.   Eric S. Edelman, \u201cThe Unintended Consequences of Trump\u2019s Turn Against South Korea,\u201d The Dispatch, August 21, 2026.   Michael Kratsios,  Science: A New Golden Age, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, July 2026. Includes Russell T. Vought\/Michael Kratsios Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, July 21, 2026.   Vannevar Bush,  Science: The Endless Frontier, GPO, 1945.   Bill Ackman, X post, August 19, 2026.   Andrea Palasciano,  US Presses Allies on Ideological Loyalty Ahead of Troop Cuts, Bloomberg, August 14, 2026.   George Parker and Polina Ivanova,  Andy Burnham Condemns Russia\u2019s \u2018Outrageous Threats\u2019 to UK During Kyiv Visit, Financial Times, August 24, 2026.   ","author_name":"Net Assessment","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/132282","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42573080\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/42573080"}