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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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Science Debate
February 29, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
Lots of readers have been writing, asking us for video from the AAAS science debate... Now from New Scientist: Clinton vs Obama: who would be best for science?...
Posted by the interSeCtion at 12:46 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics and Science
I asked Senator Landrieu what the ocean community can do to prioritize funding for programs like Sea Grant and support for basic research...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 10:04 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 28, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
Rita Colwell Former Director, National Science Foundation 1998-2004; Distinguished Professor, University Of Maryland/Johns Hopkins University School Of Public Health; National Medal of Science, 2006 Watch more video statements here...
Posted by the interSeCtion at 1:18 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Marine Science
This morning I'm off to Cap City for an Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum on the Hill. Senator Landrieu is set to deliver the keynote address and speakers include Vice Admiral Lautenbacher (Administrator of NOAA), and Rita Colwell (former Director...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 10:00 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 27, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
Neal Lane Former Science Adviser to President Clinton as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Malcolm Gillis University Professor, Senior Fellow, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University Watch more video...
Posted by the interSeCtion at 3:52 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 26, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
Over at Shifting Baselines, Randy Olson just posted an interview with Matthew Chapman, the original guy behind the curtain of Science Debate 2008. Sheril and I have taken to calling Matthew our "fearless leader," but "fearless, selfless, deeply inspirational leader...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 12:19 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics and Science
Keeping November in perspective, the upcoming election isn't about gender, race, or Nader... it's about our collective future. And the Call for a presidential debate on science and technology doesn't just come from our luminaries, it's been taken up by...
Posted by the interSeCtion at 9:10 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 25, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
Steven Chu Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cellular Biology at U.C. Berkeley, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1997 Watch more video statements here...
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Category: Miscellaneous
I don't have much to add to Sheril's recent post on Ralph Nader--and I certainly don't have anything nearly as clever to put up here as the Forrest Gump picture (although I will add that unlike Nader, Forrest did eventually...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 10:05 AM • 61 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 24, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
So. Ralph Nader's running for president... again. Sure, it wouldn't quite feel like a proper election without him--Nader's been on the ticket ever since I was old enough to participate. But the thing is, he generally appeals to young voters...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 12:44 PM • 26 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
