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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: Science Policy
From the BBC: US President-elect Barack Obama will seek to reverse Bush administration policies when he enters office on 20 January, his transition chief has said. John Podesta said executive orders by President George W Bush on issues such as...
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:37 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Science Policy
Obama announced last week plans to end deaths from malaria by 2015. I have an analysis of his plan here at Aetiology....
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 3:00 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Science Policy
Linux Dot Com has a piece comparing Obama and McCain. Here. This will be important to anyone with an interest in Open Source technology, the intertubes, all that stuff....
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:58 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Communicating about Science & Politics
Next Tuesday at 1-6PM.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:54 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: Science Policy
The latest issue of Nature has a special section on the US presidential election, go check it out.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:16 PM • 1 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 • 8 Comments •
Category: Science Policy
If you're like me, your eyes might have glazed over just a bit at the fields of red and blue text generated by ScienceDebate 2008. Obviously these issues are important, but a quick cut-and-paste job into my word processor reveals...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:04 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Science Policy
On August 30, Chris Mooney and I reported that Senator Barack Obama responded to ScienceDebate2008 and this morning we can announce Senator John McCain has as well. The Senator from Arizona provided a glimpse into what the McCain-Palin administration...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 10:34 AM • 9 Comments •
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