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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.
Sheril Kirshenbaum is a marine biologist and author at Duke University. Sometimes she's a classicist, radio jock, or congressional staffer. Never sure what's next, she continues to enjoy the journey. For more information, visit her website.
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January 31, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
Folks: Here's another old article I wrote that wasn't online. You could say this is the article that started it all...my 2001 report on how John Marburger had been marginalized in the Bush administration. We're talking old school....but at the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:20 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 30, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
I'm in New Orleans at the moment for this talk at Tulane University, so I can't blog much. But I wanted to note some more awesome developments as we continue to strengthen our SD08 coalition, in anticipation of finally inviting...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:08 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conservation
Wander into the Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History and surely every child will be gazing up in wonder at the life size blue whale. Most adults will too for that matter. There's something mystical...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:42 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics and Science
The winner of the Florida Republican primary has been the farthest thing from a straight talker lately.... but still, over at DeSmogBlog I argue that we should credit his record and realize that, while he's more moderate than the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 8:58 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 29, 2008
Category: Sexed Up Science
How's that for role reversal on Science Blogs? Well, leave it to the good folks at Carnegie Mellon... Scientists have long studied how information, influence or physical items move through networks. But by combining that field of research with how...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:02 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Media and Science
From the NYTimes: The secret messages hidden in scientist J. Craig Venter's synthetic bacterial genome have now been revealed. They are -- his name, and that of his research institute and co-workers....
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:06 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 28, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
In his most prominent opportunities to speak to the nation over the past near-decade, our president hasn't exactly highlighted matters relating to science (or his administration's various assaults thereupon). I wouldn't expect much of a change tonight, either. Still,...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 5:37 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Framing Science
I was pleased to learn that our North Carolina session has been by far the most watched online--see here--so I decided to post the video. In addition, the chair of our session, the able Abel Pharmboy, has a long...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:47 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
Folks: This is the first in a series of posts in which I am going to be republishing, to this blog, old articles of mine that I think are pretty good but that are no longer available online. I want...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 11:20 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Marine Science
Craig McClain--scibling, intrepid deep sea explorer, and all around cool guy over at Deep Sea News has provided a great reminder of how vast oceans are... Randomly place a point on our planet and it would be deep sea. In...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 8:48 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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