Democracy
“I think that a lot of what scientists want to accomplish under the guise of 'increased engagement' could easily be termed 'building a better democracy.” — Sheila Jasanoff
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Lessons for Science Envoys
September 17, 2009
Sheila Jasanoff examines President Obama’s Middle East science envoy program and offers five crucial tips on what scientists should avoid overseas.
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The Essential Parallel Between Science and Democracy
February 17, 2009
The sound conduct of science and the sound conduct of democracy both depend on the same shared values.
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Science’s Rightful Place
January 30, 2009
The scientific community responds to Seed's Rightful Place initiative.
decision making, democracy, funding, governance, policy, politics
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Letter to Obama
January 16, 2009
Forty-nine American Nobel laureates and other distinguished American scientists call the president's attention to the importance of increasing funding for scientific research.
democracy, ethics, funding, governance, law, policy, politics
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The Science Accomplishments of President George W. Bush
January 13, 2009
decision making, democracy, education, funding, governance, leadership, policy, politics, research
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Prizing American Science
November 05, 2008
Newt Gingrich discusses the potential of the US Congress to shape science research.
decision making, democracy, education, funding, leadership, policy, research
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The Damnedest Lies
October 30, 2008
The success of fivethirtyeight.com is a credit not only to statistical prowess but also to keen intuition about social habits.
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Barack Obama for President
October 29, 2008
An endorsement from the editors of Seed.
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The Double Negative
October 28, 2008
How can evolution explain both the appeal and recent failings of negative campaigning?
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The New Federalism
January 19, 2006
Is the United States government unburdening itself of the big science issues and handing those responsibilities to individual states?
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Innovation
Let There Be Light
Astronomers will soon find scores of Earth-sized exoplanets, but imaging them may be decades away. That is, unless NASA decides to build a starshade.
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Ideas
Into the Uncanny Valley
New findings shed light on a century’s worth of bizarre explanations for the eerie feeling we get around lifelike robots.
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World
Signs from Above
The release of an apocalyptic movie prompts NASA to debunk planetary rumors, fowl play shuts down the LHC, and the Catholic Church discusses alien life.
