The Good Science Project

The overlooked memo that could reshape federal science

An inspirational 120-page essay received a lot of buzz. But it’s a different document that has real power.

Published on Asterisk Magazine  • Oct 13

September 2026

Mandatory Reporting of Null Results

Researchers should be publishing more of what didn’t work

Sep 24 • Stuart Buck, Josh New, and Aishwarya Khanduja

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Policy Impoundment

How OMB is using Regulatory Review to Slow NIH Policymaking

Sep 21 • Christopher Marcum

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Investing In The Science Of Science: What Medicare Can Teach The NIH About Experimentation

This is a reprint of a piece I co-wrote with Kushal Kadakia and published in the journal Health Affairs in 2022.

Sep 9 • Stuart Buck

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August 2026

Science and Innovation Reception in DC

Since there are so many DC insiders who read this newsletter, what better place to advertise an upcoming launch event as to a new Bipartisan Science and…

Aug 19 • Stuart Buck

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Confessions on Modern Philanthropy with: Stuart Buck (Ex- Laura and John Arnold Foundation)

A conversation about philanthropic slowness, illegible people, and how philanthropy’s returns are purely on reputation

Published on Analogue Press • Aug 19

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America Already Built the World's Largest Science-Vetting Machine

yet we barely use it

Aug 11 • Stuart Buck, Ian Banks, Amit Gupta, and Sandeep Patel

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How well does AI peer review work?

A new evaluation benchmark

Published on In One Lifetime • Aug 10

Should We Limit the Number of Grants Per Researcher?

This piece is co-authored with Dr.

Aug 5 • Stuart Buck and Kris Willis

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July 2026

A Taxonomy of R&D Orgs

What Is New, What Is Missing?

Published on Analogue Press • Jul 31

Moonshots, the Impact of Science Cuts, the Genesis Mission, and more

Lots of great reading material just in the past week:

Jul 24 • Stuart Buck

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Seeing Like a Gardener

A new framework for the public funding of science

Published on Analogue Press • Jul 10