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Science Policy and Debate in the 2008 Presidential Election
With less than two months left before the next U.S. president is elected, ScienceBlogs wanted to dedicate a space to campaign politics. A Vote For Science is a group blog that will focus on the candidates' science policies. It is managed by many interested ScienceBloggers, as well as guest blogger Ivan Oelrich of the Federation of American Scientists.
The Scientists and Engineers for America's SHARP network allows you to click on the map to see where your candidates stand on important science issues.
Category: "I'm voting for..."
A bunch more videos have been added to our playlist and favorites on the AVoteForScience YouTube challenge. Keep up the good work. If you are a scientist, take a moment to tell the world who you are voting for and...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 8:57 AM • 0 Comments •
October 20, 2008
An Overhead Projector I was recently contacted by Glen Gould, a reader who is also a relative regarding the repeated mention by Republican Candidate John McCain of the "Overhead Projector" earmark for a planetarium in Chicago. Glen, together with...
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:57 AM • 8 Comments •
October 19, 2008
Category: "I'm voting for..."
A bunch more videos have been uploaded in the SEED Magazine, SEA Action Fund "A Vote For Science" YouTube challenge where we asked scientists to tell the public who they are voting for this election and why. So far we...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 1:51 PM • 0 Comments •
October 17, 2008
Category: "I'm voting for..."
The latest video in the Seed, SEA Action Fund, AVoteForScience YouTube challenge is by Dr. Lawrence Krauss of Arizona State University. He explains clearly that his view is partially colored by the last 8 years where science has been kicked...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 4:31 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: "I'm voting for..."
Our latest entry to the YouTube A Vote for Science challenge is by Marine Biologist Mark WestNeat. Dr Westneat is a Curator of Zoology at the Field Museum of Natural History, Director of the Biodiversity Synthesis Center, and Professor at...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 8:52 AM • 1 Comments •
October 16, 2008
Category: Presidential Candidate
..appear to be shifting toward ~475 nm....
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:22 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: "I'm voting for..."
Our first 3 entries in our YouTube video challenge come from and extraordinary and diverse group of scientists including a prestigious computer scientist, an MD/PhD candidate in Missouri and a scientist and ScienceBlogs regular who is voting absentee from Canada....
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 8:17 AM • 28 Comments •
October 15, 2008
Category: "I'm voting for..."
All I can say is WOW! Vint Cerf, Google's Chief Internet Evangelist who also happens to be credited with co-founding the Internet, submitted a video to our AVoteforScience YouTube challenge. In it he discusses the importance of net neutrality and...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 5:20 AM • 4 Comments •
October 14, 2008
Category: Presidential Candidate
In yesterday's YouTube video posted by Marty Chalfie, he referred to the fact that all three science Laureates for 2008 had endorsed Obama. Now it is official. From the Obama campaign; "With one voice, 65 of the nation's greatest minds,...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 4:22 PM • 12 Comments •
October 13, 2008
Category: Recreational Drug Policy
The many, many issues related to public policy on drugs of abuse have been mostly AWOL in this presidential campaign. Especially lately. Nevertheless a few clues may be obtained regarding the positions of McCain and Obama on several critical topics....
Posted by DrugMonkey at 9:56 PM • 8 Comments •
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