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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: Budget and Funding
By way of intro, you may not have noticed that ScienceBlogs has a number of special projects blogs, including this one, A Vote For Science. A good idea with meh execution and mixed outcome from what I can tell so...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 3:13 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Facts, Stats and Data
SEA has put together a list of state ballot measures that involved science including info on what the end result was. The list can be found here and below. It was particularly interesting that Colorado rejected an amendment to the...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 11:14 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Facts, Stats and Data
It is a shame when a perfectly good research project gets picked up by a vote grubbing elected official to use in a derogatory way in a sound bite. It is embarrassing when we are talking about the presidential election...
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:18 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Facts, Stats and Data
How much might be out there, and how much do we need.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 4:35 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Health care policy
Socialized business loans are fine, but socialized medicine -- NO WAY! Does anyone see the problem with this picture?
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 7:24 PM • 48 Comments •
Category: Facts, Stats and Data
Governmental funding of science is fundamentally important to our economic future. Let's take a closer look at the stats.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:59 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Facts, Stats and Data
Here is your Friday Trivia question brought to you by Scientists and Engineers for America. Question: What percent of new R&D sites planned for construction in the next 3 years will be built in China or India? A. 38% B....
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 1:40 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Books
Oh yeah, I think an education program sans condom information and distribution will be totally effective against Africa's AIDS epidemic!
Posted by Zuska at 6:50 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Facts, Stats and Data
A closer look at world opinion, and why it counts.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 4:20 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Facts, Stats and Data
A closer look at the cost of health care in the US.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:38 AM • 4 Comments •
