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chris_sheril%20small.JPG Chris Mooney is a freelance writer and the author of two books, The Republican War on Science and Storm World. For more information see his bio, events, articles, or visit him on Wikipedia and YouTube.

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

The Woes at EPA

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...

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April 29, 2008

Storm World Hardcover for Cheap

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...

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Who Doesn't Love A 900-Pound Colossal Squid?!

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!'

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April 28, 2008

A Scary Storm Developing in the North Indian Basin

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...

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NOAA Doesn't Exist

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...

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April 24, 2008

New Comments Policy

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...

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April 23, 2008

My Review of Expelled

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...

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Welcome to the AAAS Forum: A Call To Readers!

Category: Media and Science

The conversation begins here at The Intersection... Readers, I Want You!

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April 22, 2008

Earth Day With J.

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...

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April 21, 2008

Our Best Answer to Expelled: Flock of Dodos

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...

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The Future Looks Bright

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.

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I am Labeled a "Creationist Apologist"

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...

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April 20, 2008

Expelled a Box Office Success

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...

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April 18, 2008

See Morgan? That's Why You Should Have Made The Republican War on Science*

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...

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I Was Just Mercilessly Mocked on Comedy Central for About .5 Seconds

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...

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All Quiet On The Eastern Front

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.

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