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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Rethinking Growth
April 26, 2011
Herman Daly applies a biophysical lens to the economy and finds that bigger isn’t necessarily better.
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On Peace
January 21, 2011
History—not to mention differing languages, cultures, and values—can make peace difficult to achieve. Science is a common ground upon which nations can collaborate to improve our world.
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On International Cooperation
December 21, 2010
Progress on world challenges, from the environment to health to food security, depends on interdisciplinary, globe-spanning conversations.
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Tensions Rise in Cancún
December 07, 2010
Tensions rise into the second week of the UN climate meetings as the draft negotiating text receives mixed reviews. As the time to narrow down proposals dwindles, negotiators perform under heightened pressure to strike a deal.
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Much At Stake In Cancún
December 02, 2010
As UN climate meetings started this week in Cancún, the deficit of trust between developing and developed countries is stunningly apparent. Overcoming this hurdle will be critical to COP-16 success—with political consequences that reach through the decade.
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Building Science Leaders
September 27, 2010
Pop!Tech launches an initiative to cultivate a new class of science leaders—young researchers with the skills and drive to reach out, communicate their science, and lead society towards evidence-based solutions.
climate, communication, food, leadership, network, policy, politics, social science
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Numbers Don’t Lie, But People Do
September 24, 2010
The author of a new book on misleading math examines the Republican blueprint for governing the United States, and comes to one conclusion: Wherever there’s politics, there’s proofiness.
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A Distressed Asset
May 14, 2010
Volatility prompts rapid regulatory reform on Wall Street, while biodiversity crashes and a climate change bill flounders. What if we treated Earth like a company?
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A Spill’s Dirty Secret
May 10, 2010
Just as with the Exxon Valdez spill of more than 20 years ago, the recovery efforts for the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico are destined for inadequacy.
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The Rocket Experience
April 15, 2010
The Obama administration unveils its controversial new plan for the future of NASA’s human spaceflight program.
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Long Time Coming
March 26, 2010
The story of one of history's most infamous math problems illustrates the difficulties facing congress in the wake of healthcare reform.
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Slate of the Union
January 29, 2010
A few hours after Steve Jobs announced the iPad, President Obama delivered a slightly more important speech. What he said—and didn’t say—about the future of science funding and NASA.
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Sad Sacks
November 06, 2009
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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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.
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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.
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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!
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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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