Mooney/Zimmer on Bloggingheads: The Year in Science to Come

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Topics discussed:

Chris's optimism vs. Carl's skepticism on Obama's science policy

Weighing the costs of environmental regulation

Stop the presses! Did NASA just discover life on Mars?

The Sanjay Gupta controversy

Carl predicts artificial life in 2009

The future for science writing

Again, the whole thing is here.

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