Public Interest Report

By Melanie Ann Stegman, Director of the Educational Technologies Program Immune Attack teaches students about specific molecular processes during game play.  But, like many video games, Immune Attack also inspires players to create their own games based on the same world and premise. FAS joined Dr. Kevin Clark, an associate professor at George Mason University, [...]

By Melanie Ann Stegman, Director of the Educational Technologies Program In May 2008, the Federation of American Scientists released Immune Attack 1.0.  The game was downloaded more than 8000 times, with over 500 teachers registering to evaluate it. Surveys of teachers and students indicated that the game was engaging and created an interest in biology. [...]

By: Jeff Aaron Entering our 64th year, the Federation of American Scientists continues to pursue the best use of science and technology for the benefit of mankind. In the next three years, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with its critically important verification procedures will expire, the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will come up for international [...]

Barack Obama’s decisive victory, based on the theme of change, provides a unique chance to make some basic approaches in key areas of national security and domestic policy. There will be a narrow window during which a new team can come forward with specific plans to implement the commitments made during the campaign and work [...]

By: Monica Amarelo Congress has authorized a major new research center, the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies, that will bring the same focused, sustained research funding to technology and learning that the federal government has funded for years in technology for health care at the National Institutes of Health and [...]