Politics
“For all practical purposes, the birth of experimental science coincided with the rise of democratic accountability in politics.” — Sheila Jasanoff
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A Universal Truth
September 17, 2009
The universality of basic science may be the deepest link between the US and the Muslim world.
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Organic Food Isn’t More Nutritious
August 14, 2009
An anti-scientific debate in the UK over the nutritional value of organic food, the Pentagon’s power to scare the pants off climate negotiators, and how the Perseids momentarily eclipsed Miley Cyrus.
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Counting Green Cars
August 07, 2009
While Cash for Clunkers is topped off with an extra $2 billion, science journalists do the math on its environmental impact. Plus, two diseases traced back to their primate origins.
climate, policy, politics, public perception, week in review
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Knowing How to Pick a Fight
August 04, 2009
Paul Ehrlich believes in provocation and speculation, forcing us to consider: If not for the provocateurs, would we pay attention?
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Finding Fish
July 16, 2009
Six experts discuss the global fisheries crisis; the economic, political, and social pressures that contributed to it; and what it will take to make fish stocks bounce back.
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Week in Review: June 26
June 26, 2009
Advocates for ACES Act, Simon Singh takes on British chiropractic, and what’s ailing American universities might be America.
carbon, education, policy, politics, research, week in review
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Week in Review: June 19
June 19, 2009
Building a power plant worthy of tomorrowland, a climate nudge disguised as a clarion call to arms, and school’s out—brains, turn off!
climate, education, environment, funding, policy, politics, week in review
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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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Week in Review: June 5
June 05, 2009
Two steps on the road to Copenhagen, protecting older women against cervical cancer, another university comes out for open access, and the possibility of a European origin for great apes.
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The New Interface of Governance
June 02, 2009
If we can just tweak the way we make choices, we can make smarter ones. A look at Obama’s plans to put the science of human nature to work.
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Week in Review: May 29
May 29, 2009
Stem cell guidelines from on high, geoengineering on the cheap, how genetic engineering could have created a new model organism, and the evolution of big brains.
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Battling Dengue in Argentina
May 28, 2009
A writer reports from the dengue epidemic in Argentina, where locals are asking hard questions of government and exploring a wide-reaching approach to prevention.
cities, climate, development, medicine, multilateralism, politics, water
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Recasting PCAST
May 27, 2009
With the historically debatable efficacy of science councils, will the White House’s new science-advisory super-team prove relevant?
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Al Gore’s New Marching Orders
May 23, 2009
The Climate Project began as a public education campaign. A foot soldier reports back from a recent summit, where Gore's environmental activists were issued a new directive.
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Don’t Mess With Textbooks
May 20, 2009
Science education faced setbacks at the Texas Board of Education hearings in March. An inside look at the politicians, teachers, and textbook publishers who are fighting back.
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Week in Review: May 15
May 15, 2009
Gene patents are challenged, Austria pulls out of CERN, the carbon tax stays alive in British Columbia, and scientists discover new importance of larvae to ant colonies.
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Week in Review: May 8
May 08, 2009
Animal research reconsidered in Europe, the death of a glacier, some leaders decide to save green instead of going green, and new evidence for hobbits as bona fide species rather than a genetic mistake.
environment, medicine, policy, politics, research, week in review
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Week in Review: May 1
May 01, 2009
Swine flu looms large, a study finds prayer has no effect on medical treatment, Obama speaks at the National Academy of Sciences, neuroscientists plan to beef up Wikipedia, and a Republican senator switches to the Democratic Party.
diplomacy, disease, ethics, information, pandemics, politics, week in review
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Will the Future Be Geoengineered?
April 29, 2009
Five experts debate engineering the climate, how it would be governed, and the ways we're doing it already.
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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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