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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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May 31, 2008
Category: Hurricanes
It doesn't look like much, and probably won't amount to much either. Nevertheless, the National Hurricane Center just renamed the remains of East Pacific Tropical Storm Alma--after crossing over Central America, this storm is in the Atlantic and should be...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:27 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
May 30, 2008
Category: Marine Science
From up in Juneau, Alaska, my pal Nick Bonzey at the US Forest Service thought I'd appreciate a good dose of nudibranchs, claiming 'these guys are MUCH cuter than your average sea cucumber.' Admittedly, with photos like these from National...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 12:22 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Women in Science
Yes, there are jobs that offer women 'man sized paychecks', but I'm not encouraged looking at mean salaries in the sciences. While we ladies recently experienced a sightly higher percentage increase than the fellas, it seems to me something still...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:32 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 29, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
Science becomes increasingly important to combating problems such as climate change and the global food shortage.
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 3:44 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Media and Science
Online islands with virtual telescopes, blogs that network millions of science aficionados around the world, and media empires that include dozens of blogs and glossy publications that reveal the beauty and sexiness of science and technology
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:16 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 28, 2008
Category: Global Warming
Next week, our leaders will begin to debate legislation that would significantly curb U.S. greenhouse gas emissions--the Lieberman-Warner bill. This legislation is nothing if not moderate--not strong enough for many environmentalists, but way too strong for the likes of George...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 4:43 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Marine Science
Ocean acidification illustrated by David Fierstein (c) 2007 MBARI Ocean acidification is intimately connected to our changing climate and as important as global warming. We're just not hearing about it in the news enough because the media has all...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 10:50 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 27, 2008
Category: Politics and Science
Perhaps some of you already have heard of this book by David Michaels, entitled Doubt is Our Product--which is basically the most comprehensive documentation yet of the war on science being conducted by private industry. But nevertheless, I want to...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 11:41 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Media and Science
After a 423 million mile journey, Phoenix touched down on Mars. The first pictures have been beamed back, and so far, it's nothing like my my favorite Heinlein novel. The immediate goals of the Phoenix mission are to study the...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:04 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 23, 2008
Category: Marine Science
It's time to get behind the Bush Administration folks...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 6:36 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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