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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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April 30, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
In my latest Science Progress column, I describe the utter meltdown at the Environmental Protection Agency, which involves not only mistreatment of agency scientists but the blatant failure to follow the law. Things probably haven't been this bad at the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 10:06 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 29, 2008
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
It has recently come to my attention that Amazon is selling them for $ 8.49--a dramatic markdown from the list price of $ 26.00--so if you haven't gotten one yet but had planned on it or wanted to, now is...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 4:18 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Marine Science
On Wednesday, a 30 foot long, 900-pound colossal squid hauled up from the Antarctic last January will be studied by a team of scientists... but the catch is, they'll only have FOUR hours!'
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:18 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 28, 2008
Category: Hurricanes
Meet Cyclone Nargis--image courtesy of CIMSS--which may be set to terrorize the Bay of Bengal region. This storm is expected to steadily intensify to Category 4 or higher, and then hit something. That something could be India, Bangladesh, or...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:21 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Marine Science
According to NOAA.gov, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: is an agency that enriches life through science. Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep citizens informed...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:30 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 24, 2008
Category: at the interSeCtion
You may have noticed that things have been a little wild here on the blog lately, argument and comment-wise. To calm things down, we've decided that all comments from now on will be moderated. This is actually going back to...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 6:49 PM • 29 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 23, 2008
Category: Evolution
It has just gone up over at Science Progress. Since there are certain things you cannot really say on ScienceBlogs any longer, I will only quote here the parts of the review that are ideologically palatable: Okay, let's get this...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:12 PM • 75 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Media and Science
The conversation begins here at The Intersection... Readers, I Want You!
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:04 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 22, 2008
Category: Conservation
I can't think of a better way to kick off Earth Day 2008 than brunch with Wallace J. Nichols - third culture oceanographer and Ocean Conservancy senior scientist. Later today, he's giving a keynote address here at Duke, so it's...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 8:24 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 21, 2008
Category: Evolution
This is not to knock the very important Expelled Exposed website. But in my opinion, in this day and age you really have to answer film with more film--and entertaining film with more entertaining film. Ben Stein is very intellectually...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 3:47 PM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
