Why It Matters

The argument for STEM expertise in public office, issue by issue.

March 1, 2024

Climate Models Are Policy Documents: What the Senate Needs to Understand

Climate models directly drive infrastructure investment, insurance markets, and disaster policy. Uncertainty ranges are routinely misread by non-scientists — and senators who understand ensemble modeling would legislate differently.

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February 8, 2024

Writing the Rules for AI: Why Engineers Belong in the Room

AI regulation is being written right now. The core technical questions require genuine literacy to legislate well, and the gap between what AI does and what legislators think it does is dangerous.

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January 15, 2024

Who Owns Space? Why Asteroid Mining Needs Scientists in the Senate

Asteroid mining is no longer science fiction, but the legal framework governing it was written before commercial spaceflight existed. Without technical literacy in the Senate, resource rights in space will be decided by whoever lobbies hardest.

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