Chris Mooney is a freelance writer and the author of two books, The Republican War on Science and Storm World.
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Sheril Kirshenbaum is a marine biologist at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke. Sometimes she's a classicist, radio jock, or congressional staffer. Never sure what's next, she continues to enjoy the journey...
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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
Category: Education
Saturday night I attended a reception called North Carolina's 'Celebration of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education' that recognized and honored students and teachers in science and mathematics statewide and nationally.
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 1:24 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Evolution
...by Greg Laden. Or as one of my own commenters put it, "Either you really are just fucking stupid, or you're a closet creationist in this blog group. Pick one." I won't be deleting that comment despite the profanity, because...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:03 AM • 142 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 20, 2008
Category: Evolution
I merely report the facts: Expelled, opening at over 1,000 theaters this weekend, has raked in $ 3.15 million, placing it ninth at the box office. In terms of political documentaries, it is already the eighth highest grossing of all...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 7:59 PM • 93 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 18, 2008
Category: Evolution
Tonight Larry King will be hosting two celebrity documentarians--Morgan Spurlock (cheers) and Ben Stein (boos). Alas, if the former wanted to be well equipped to debunk the latter's expected tripe about evolution, there probably would have been no better training...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 1:30 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
Okay, so...The Daily Show was pretty easy. Lewis Black's "Root of All Evil"? A bit tougher. I went on the show with Sean Carroll, Jennifer Ouellette, Clifford Johnson, Michael Shermer, and a number of other "scientists" for a schtick called...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 11:00 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics and Science
Apparently the top contenders for our nation's highest elective office have better things to do than explain to the public their views on securing America's future.
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:20 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
