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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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June 27, 2008
Category: Education
This week I've composed my first column at Science Progress called 'Plight of the Postdoc: Is modern American science strangling its young talents in the cradle?' The piece explores some illuminationg--and troubling--figures about the arduous road ahead for many...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 10:06 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 26, 2008
Category: Women in Science
'I wanted to blaze a trail as a woman in math--once I decided I probably couldn't be a baseball player.' - Moon Duchin A pioneer in mathematics, Moon hopes to do interdisciplinary teaching and research incorporating math and the...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 12:02 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 25, 2008
You can read it here. It starts like this: It was one of the largest public demonstrations in US history. On June 12, 1982, an estimated 750,000 protesters thronged Central Park in New York City, chanting "No nukes!" and bearing...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 11:11 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conservation
Well I'm impressed... It's called EVO or www.evo.com. The goal is simple: To increase transparency in the green market, decrease green washing, and encourage corporate responsibility. In response to this increasing demand for product transparency, EVO spent several years developing...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 8:56 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
June 24, 2008
Category: Culture
Real tribe. Not really lost. Turns out, the photos were a hoax to call attention to the dangers of the logging industry. The disclosures have been made by the man behind the pictures, José Carlos Meirelles, 61, one of the...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 8:02 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 23, 2008
Category: Global Warming
The latest issue of Wired is now on newsstands, though not yet online. In it, I have a lengthy feature story about the scientific mainstreaming of geoengineering, which has occurred because of several trends: 1. Global warming seems to be...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 12:59 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Media and Science
Meet Vanessa Woods... internationally published author, journalist, and [full disclosure] among my most interesting friends. I've just finished her latest book 'It's Every Monkey For Themselves: A true story of love sex and lies in the jungle' and cannot recommend...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:46 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
June 22, 2008
Category: Culture
The animals are difficult to see and the density of the populations of grass eaters is very low right now... it is the dry season. ~ Nicolas Devos, Biologist and Wildlife Photographer My favorite wildlife photographer, Nicolas Devos, is back...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:10 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 20, 2008
Category: Weather
NOAA's Conrad Lautenbacher describes it as 'science without borders': Scientists around the world are converging data on health, weather, behavior, and disasters to anticipate illness and prepare for pandemics. It's called the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, recognizing that...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:10 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 19, 2008
Category: Framing Science
Over the past year, I've done well over two dozen talks, with Matthew Nisbet, about science communication. And now we're taking it to the next level. Next week at CalTech, we're unveiling a two-part affair: Our lecture (entitled "Speaking Science...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 10:20 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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