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Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution. Life as an army spouse has since moved him on to Pensacola, where he's currently trying to figure out what to do next. While he's doing that, he writes stuff here, although not usually in the third person. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
Category: Flaming Small-Minded Stupidity
UPDATE: 4 Mar 09 There are now reports that Senator Menendez is not the only Senator holding up these nominations. I've got a new post up with the updated information and new suggestions for ways you can help. The...
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Category: Flaming Small-Minded Stupidity
TPM has a list of stimulus cuts that a group of senators led by Democrat Ben Nelson and Republican Susan Collins have proposed. The cuts are at 77.9 billion and growing, and include a great deal of the science-related spending....
Posted by Mike Dunford at 10:07 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science and Public Safety
If you have any doubt about how dangerous Hurricane Ike is likely to be, I've got some pictures for you. These pictures were taken within the past two hours, on the shoreline along the grounds of Naval Air Station...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 5:00 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Public Perception of Science
There's a widespread consensus that we could, should, and must do a better job of talking to the general public. On this issue, the consensus is wrong.
Posted by Mike Dunford at 2:34 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
The Bush Administration has once again managed to reach new levels of self-parody. This time, the subject is stem cell research, and they've taken a position on funding new research that incorporates the classic Catch-22 problem. Sadly, though, the Catch-22 lacks anything that bears the faintest resemblance to humor when it's used to block funding for potentially lifesaving research.
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:45 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
Over the last couple of decades, a great deal of research has been done on the effect of global warming on coral reefs. The vast majority of that research has focused on the currently observed and potential future effects...
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Category: Science, Policy, and Management
Chris Mooney's recently-published article in Seed magazine has stirred a bit of discussion about the role of the Presidential Science Advisor, and just who would be a good choice for that position. Of the two questions, the first is...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:19 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science and Politics
Apparently, Matt Nisbet didn't think that one poorly-reasoned critique of Gore's ability to communicate science was enough for the weekend, because he tossed out another a day later. You might recall that in his first critique, Nisbet claimed that...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 8:34 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Public Perception of Science
As you are undoubtedly aware, this year's Nobel Peace Prize is being split between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore, in recognition of "their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change,...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 12:20 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
One of the alleged facts that President Bush loves to point at when he's trying to justify his veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) expansion is that the new bill would have allowed New York to...
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