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sidebar3.jpg Chris Mooney is a visiting associate in the Center for Collaborative History at Princeton University and the author of three books, The Republican War on Science, Storm World, and Unscientific America.

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August 31, 2007

FBI Background Checks for NASA Scientists?

Category: Politics and Science

This is pretty troubling. NASA is reportedly requiring longtime career scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Goddard Space Flight Center to go through FBI screening similar to what you need to get a security clearance. The new scrutiny is...

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PZ Almighty? You Decide...

Category: Science and Religion

Since Monday's foray into the realm of religion, many readers have responded regarding: I just don't think these [atheist] books provide folks reason to notice they were atheists all along without a shepherd. Wouldn't that liken PZ to Abraham? Or...

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Discovery News Vid on YouTube

Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes

In which I discourse about hurricanes and global warming with Sarah Goforth of Discovery News: What do folks think of the ending, where--following my lead--the video contrasts the number of Category 5 storms between 1970 and 2002 (8) with the...

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August 30, 2007

"Framing Science" Letters Exchange in Science (Complete With Matt Nisbet Avatar Pic)

Category: Framing Science

This is the picture--suspiciously resembling my colleague and Scibling Matt Nisbet--that runs alongside our two and a half page letters exchange (PDF) in the current issue of Science. Essentially, there are four letters reacting to and criticizing various aspects...

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I Fought God and, God Won

Category: Science and Religion

[God: "Go ahead, make my day."] I have been staying out of the science and religion mess lately--although I think it's already known that while I'm personally non-religious, I agree with Nisbet that going head-on at people's faith probably...

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Where the SciBlings Are

Category: Personal

During our casual 3.5 hour dinner last night, Bora and I got to wondering... Why isn't North Carolina's Research Triangle in grand prize destinations for the 500,000 comment contest? Winner receives a 5-day trip to the greatest science city in...

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...but We ALL Knew Katrina Was Coming!

Category: Hurricanes

In January of 2003, I sat in Joe Kelley's seminar at the University of Maine as he foretold the devastation that was to come to New Orleans. I'd never heard this chilling story before and listened intently as he explained...

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Framing Caged Deathmatch in Minneapolis?

Category: Updates

[Matt Nisbet battles PZ Myers (artist's rendition).] Uh oh. There is some heavy talk coming out of some folks about this Minnesota thing in September. Greg Laden: Ladies and Gentlemen, Scoundrels and Aristocrats ... ... In this corner, we...

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August 29, 2007

Hurricane Katrina Lessons, Part IV: It's the President, Stupid

Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes

And so this is what it has all been building up to: Leadership. If New Orleans is languishing right now, there's one chief person to blame. And if we're not investigating how global warming is going to change our hurricane...

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Hurricane Katrina Lessons, Part III: Why Aren't We Studying Changing Risks?

Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes

My first two Katrina posts announced the following "lessons": 1) science doesn't confer certainty about hurricanes and global warming; but scientific uncertainty doesn't justify inaction, either; 2) the issue of hurricane risks is much bigger than New Orleans. In other...

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