The Future of Science—A Multiverse of Exploration. Invisibility cloaks? Engineered evolution? Backyard genome sequencing? We scope out the most important scientific issues, tools, and communities of the coming decade in key domains from biology and materials science to physics and neuroscience. We’ll ask how the insular structures of academic, industrial, and military research science will be... [read more]

The Future of Science—A Multiverse of Exploration. Invisibility cloaks? Engineered evolution? Backyard genome sequencing? We scope out the most important scientific issues, tools, and communities of the coming decade in key domains from biology and materials science to physics and neuroscience. We’ll ask how the insular structures of academic, industrial, and military research science will be disrupted by more open models based on social connection, data commons, and democratized technology. And we’ll probe the new possibilities for development and commercialization that will arise from this future.