Governance
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Czar Wars
September 11, 2009
As a TV pundit takes down one of President Obama’s green “czars,” the US figures out how to pay its way back to the Moon and beyond, plus a nerd-rock band declares “Science is Real.”
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Wooing Europe’s New Parliament
June 12, 2009
However little voters or the new MEPs care or know about science, the European Parliament controls billions in funding. The challenge for science is how to engage them.
economics, funding, governance, multilateralism, policy, politics
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America + China = The New G2
April 29, 2009
Why progress on climate change hinges on our relationship with just one nation: China.
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Breakdown: The New PCAST
April 27, 2009
With climate change, an obsolete energy policy, technology that's reshaping the economy, and burgeoning health threats, there will be no dull moments for the new science team.
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A Historic Commitment to Science
April 27, 2009
President Obama announced he will invest in “the largest commitment to scientific research and innovation in American history,” including new energy and science education initiatives.
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How We Saved the Ozone Layer
April 22, 2009
Modeling climate in our past, present, and future worlds.
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The Last Experiment
April 22, 2009
It’s up to social science to make us act in an environmentally conscious way. But can we trick ourselves into saving ourselves?
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Scientific Integrity and Stem Cells
March 12, 2009
President Obama signs two key documents to help ensure America's continued global leadership in scientific discoveries.
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Scientific Integrity Memorandum
March 09, 2009
Ensuring the highest level of integrity in all aspects of the executive branch's involvement with scientific and technological processes.
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Text of Remarks of President Obama
March 09, 2009
Ensuring America’s continued global leadership in scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs.
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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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Holdren Vows to Maintain the Integrity of Science
February 13, 2009
President Barack Obama's director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy faces limited criticism at confirmation hearing.
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Science Diplomacy for the 21st Century
February 03, 2009
On being a citizen of a world without borders or boundaries.
decision making, diplomacy, governance, leadership, policy, politics
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Crime and Causality Loops
February 02, 2009
Getting to the root of corruption in Colombia and Mexico.
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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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Obama: “Rightful Place” for Science
January 20, 2009
In his inaugural speech, President Barack Obama highlights his vision for science.
funding, governance, innovation, leadership, policy, politics
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All Together Now
January 20, 2009
Is Big Science forging a pan-European identity?
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The Holdren Factor
January 20, 2009
Barack Obama's science adviser plans to make science a factor in White House decisions.
climate, decision making, governance, leadership, 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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World
Sad Sacks
As a UK adviser is fired over politically unpalatable advice and an English teacher is suspended over an article about animal sexuality, the fate of facts is on the line.
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Ideas
Sweet Obesity
As obesity rates soar, Americans are consuming more low-calorie artificial sweeteners. But do artificial sweeteners actually help people lose weight?
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Books
Books to Read Now
November releases feature the mysteries of Grigori Perelman, the evolutionary origins of reading, and strategies for containing strains of flu.
