<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Science Progress</title>
	<link>http://scienceprogress.org</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:25:09 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	<!-- generator="WordPress/3.2.1" -->

	<item>
		<title>Crowdfunding – But Not by the Crowd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The JOBS Act seeks to accelerate the rise of Internet-enabled “crowdfunding” as a source of startup capital for entrepreneurs. But the gains may be countered by major growing pains.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/05/crowdfunding-%e2%80%93-but-not-by-the-crowd/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>European Court Decision has Big Implications for Stem Cell Research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Brüstle v. Greenpeace, the highest court in the European Union ruled that processes requiring the destruction of human embryos cannot be patented in the European Union. The shaky ethical footing of the decision will only muddy the water for stem cell research going forward.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/05/european-court-decision-has-big-implications-for-stem-cell-research/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Robot Soldiers Will Be a Reality—and a Threat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Given the obvious dangers, fully autonomous offensive lethal weapons should never be permitted, argues Jonathan Moreno in a Wall Street Journal opinion editorial. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/05/robot-soldiers-will-be-a-reality%e2%80%94and-a-threat/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Major New Genetics of Politics Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study concludes that in all likelihood, there isn’t going to be any one gene to explain political ideology–the phenomenon is going to be polygenic, and very difficult to study.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogressaction.org/intersection/2012/05/major-new-genetics-of-politics-study/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Neurosecurity and the Ethics of Military Cognitive Enhancement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mind control, truth serums, and "guilt-free" super soldiers. Experts discuss the past, present, and future of brain research in the military and counterintelligence and the paper back edition of "Mind Wars."]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/05/neurosecurity-and-the-ethics-of-military-cognitive-enhancement/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Slow but Deliberate March Toward Scientific Integrity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though progress has been slow, history will judge new agency scientific integrity policies not by the speed with which they were developed but by the lasting impact that they make.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/05/the-slow-but-deliberate-march-toward-scientific-integrity/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Progressing: May 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week's science policy news: climate science and allergies, DOI releases new natural gas fracking rules, new data on polar ice melt, a new approach to cyber security, and thoughts about moving clean energy forward.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/05/science-progressing-may-4/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Three Charts That Illustrate Why Solar Has Hit A True Tipping Point</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report from the prominent global consulting firm McKinsey shows how process improvements and incremental technology innovation have brought solar photovoltaics to a tipping point.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/05/three-charts-that-illustrate-why-solar-has-hit-a-true-tipping-point/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Conservatives, Psychology, and Disasters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We've all heard the saying, "never let a crisis go to waste." Dylan Otto Krider, in a guest post, describes differences between liberals and conservatives in the way they view disasters and policy goals.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogressaction.org/intersection/2012/04/conservatives-psychology-and-disasters/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The White House on Why We Need More Women in STEM Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration articulates its support for women in STEM careers with an event at the White House and the release of a new video, but much remains to be done to maximize the participation of women in the innovation economy. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/05/girls-rock-stem-education-at-the-white-house/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Death of Public Support for Global Warming Action Is Greatly Exaggerated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A just-released poll from the Yale and George Mason climate change communication programs finds that more Americans support action to reduce global warming than the media and Beltway insiders would have you believe. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/public-opinion-snapshot-the-death-of-public-support-for-global-warming-action-is-greatly-exaggerated/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Progressing: April 27</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week's science and technology policy news: a cyber security bill passes the house while receiving a presidential veto threat, new polling indicates a big majority of Americans support clean energy, and another big oil spill gushed in the arctic.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/science-progressing-april-27/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>White House Releases National Bioeconomy Blueprint</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The White House today released the long-awaited National Bioeconomy Blueprint, which summarizes emergent trends in biotechnology, and contains five strategic imperatives for government policy moving forward.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/white-house-releases-national-bioeconomy-blueprint/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Emotional Logic: How We Think (Without Thinking)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest blogger Dylan Otto Krider discusses the power of intense emotional experiences to shape our prejudices and stereotypes, sharing a personal experience that occurred in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogressaction.org/intersection/2012/04/emotional-logic-how-we-think-without-thinking/#more-25464</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Are Humans Causing Global Warming?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The earth is warming. But can we be sure that humans are the cause? Yes. The same way cycling officials were sure that biker Floyd Landis doped with synthetic testosterone while winning the 2006 Tour de France.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/are-humans-causing-global-warming/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Comparing R&amp;D Investments in the House GOP and White House Budget Proposals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Association for the Advancement of Science has put together a handy brief explaining the differences in R&#038;D investment levels in the Obama administration's proposed FY 2013 budget and the House GOP proposed budget.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/comparing-rd-investments-in-the-house-gop-and-white-house-budget-proposals/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Progressing: April 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's science policy news brief covers the continuing damage from the 2010 BP oil catastrophe, funding levels for federal science functions, and innovations on the horizon in pharmacology and biosensing. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/science-progress-april-20/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Climate Change, Migration And Conflict In Northwest Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new analysis from CAP assesses how climate change is exacerbating human conflict and migration patterns in one of the world's poorest and most underdeveloped regions and suggests a policy response that cuts across many spheres of governance.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/climate-change-migration-and-conflict-in-northwest-africa/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>An American Kodak Moment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report from Third Way compares the technological myopia that bankrupted Kodak for failing to anticipate the shift to digital photography and imaging, to the shortsightedness of U.S. clean energy innovation policy.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/an-american-kodak-moment/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stay Awake, Comrades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese Army's announcement of an alertness drug, dubbed "Night Eagle," probably says more about China's desire to expand its presence in the pharmaceutical industry than it says about China's ability to develop truly novel drugs.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/stay-awake-comrades/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Scientists Pushing Back at Conservative Distortions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dylan Otto Krider, a skeptic, journalist and science fiction author, shares thoughts on the challenges of scientists pushing back when the media gets the science wrong.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogressaction.org/intersection/2012/04/scientists-pushing-back-at-conservative-distortions/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Is Science Getting Easier, Harder, or Both?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we dig into the weeds of the nature of reality, reality is ever more stubborn about giving up its secrets. Answering the big questions will require new policies and new methods that are now only in the process of development. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/is-science-getting-easier-harder-or-both/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Consumer Data Privacy Codes of Conduct</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Swire discusses the balance of privacy and commercial usefulness of de-identified data in testimony before the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/consumer-data-privacy-codes-of-conduct/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Protect the National Institutes of Health from the Sequester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The failure of the deficit reduction "super committee" to come up with a compromise last fall triggered drastic automatic cuts to federal programs across the board. Gordon F. Tomaselli examines how these cuts will impact vital medical research.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/protect-the-national-institutes-of-health-from-the-sequester/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Progressing: April 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's science policy news brief covers new scientific integrity policies in the agencies, a bi-partisan letter to protect intellectual property, and a new bill to streamline small business access to federal services. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/science-progressing-april-6/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Anti-Evolution ‘Monkey Bill’ Poised To Become Law In Tennessee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bill that would create broad new legal immunities for school teachers to deny accepted science on biological evolution, climate change, the chemical origins or life, and human cloning inches its way toward the governor's desk.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/anti-evolution-%e2%80%98monkey-bill%e2%80%99-poised-to-become-law-in-tennessee/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>March Heat Records Crush Cold Records by Over 35 To 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New heat records swamped cold records across the country in the month of march by a startling margin, prompting some in the climate science community to ask whether we are seeing evidence of global warming feedback loops.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/march-heat-records-crush-cold-records-by-over-35-to-1/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science, Silver Buckshot, and &#8216;All of The Above&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite hopeful proclamations of game-changing innovation at this year's ARPA-E summit, our national clean energy policy remains an insufficient balance of proaction and compromise with the status quo.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/science-silver-buckshot-and-%e2%80%9call-of-the-above%e2%80%9d/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Can Mars Save American Science From American Politics?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New evidence indicates that support for science in America is in trouble, and SP Editor-In-Chief Jonathan Moreno examines whether a high-minded national goal such as a manned mission to Mars can change that.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/can-mars-save-american-science-from-american-politics/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Top Five Things You Need To Know About EPA’s New Carbon Pollution Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in U.S. history, greenhouse gasses from new power plants will be regulated at the federal level, representing the first, small step toward a coherent climate policy in the United States. Here are the top five facts to keep in mind.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/the-top-five-things-you-need-to-know-about-epa%e2%80%99s-new-carbon-pollution-rule/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Neuroscience, Ethics, and National Security: The State of the Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The close relationship between neuroscience and the national security and intelligence organizations in the United States raises ethical issues that need to be addressed if we are to come to a pragmatic synthesis of ethical accountability and national security. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/neuroscience-ethics-and-national-security-the-state-of-the-art/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Progressing: March 23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's science and technology news brief covers the jobs created by NIH research, the recent movement toward "hacktivism," and blood test patents, and the potential for scopes monkey all over again in Tennessee.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/science-progressing-march-23/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Good Transformations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A panel of experts at a recent workshop discussed whether it is possible for policymakers to encourage "transformative research" in the scientific community, or whether the term can only be applied in retrospect. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/good-transformations/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Is Tennessee on the Verge of Another Monkey Trial?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Both houses of the Tennessee legislature have now passed an anti-evolution and anti-global warming (and anti-cloning) education bill, and the Tennessee Science Teachers Association is already calling the bill  "very likely unconstitutional."]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogressaction.org/intersection/2012/03/is-tennessee-on-the-verge-of-another-monkey-trial/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Science of Conservative (and Liberal) Morality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Mooney review the new book, "Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion," and offers thoughts about the scientific understanding of why we differ over ideology–and also over reality.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogressaction.org/intersection/2012/03/the-science-of-conservative-and-liberal-morality/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Progressing: March 16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's science and technology news brief covers Americans waning optimism about American science, NIH funding levels, a global cyber security conference, and a new study on the likely impacts of the keystone XL pipeline.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/science-progressing-march-16/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Jumpstarting University Technology Innovation Ecosystems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Structural, cultural, and other barriers often prevent university research from fulfilling its full economic potential, leaving opportunities for policy and the private sector to engage.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/jumpstarting-university-technology-innovation-ecosystems/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Lows In The War On Science — But This Time Science Wins One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, mining industry representatives threatened legal action against peer-reviewed science journals unless they agreed to "reconsider" publication of articles linking certain mining activities with lung cancer.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/new-lows-in-the-war-on-science-%e2%80%94-but-this-time-science-wins-one/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Progressing: March 9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week's science and technology policy news brief, federal agencies plan a simulated cyber attack on NYC, noted astrophysicist and innovation advocate Neil DeGrasse Tyson inspires senators during a Senate committee hearing, and the NIH debuts an online guide to genetic testing.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/science-progressing-march-9/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>New Study Reveals Distressing Trends in Work-Life Balance for Women and Men in STEM Fields</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report by the Association for Women in Science released on International Women's Day suggests work-life balance issues are keeping women from making the most of their science, technology, engineering, and math careers.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/new-study-reveals-distressing-trends-in-work-life-balance-for-women-and-men-in-stem-fields/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Can Geeks Defeat Lies? A Report From MIT and Harvard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Mooney looks at interconnected online communities that help debunk falsehoods, and asks whether there will ever be a "killer app" for fact-checking and defeating anti-science lies. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogressaction.org/intersection/2012/03/can-geeks-defeat-lies-a-report-from-mit-and-harvard/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Oceans Acidifying Faster Than They Have in Past 300 Million Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fifty-six million years ago, a surge of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere raised the acidity of the world's oceans, driving many organisms to extinction. Anthropogenic carbon emissions are doing the same thing today, only 10 times faster.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/oceans-acidifying-faster-than-they-have-in-past-300-million-years/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Progressing: March 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week's science policy news brief: the ARPA-E energy innovation summit, a global manhunt for simulated jewel thieves on twitter, NASA network hacking confirmed, and the 9th circuit court of appeals upholds constitutionality of California's criminal genetic database law. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/science-progressing-march-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science: For Science&#8217;s or Society&#8217;s Sake?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not science vs. society is a false dichotomy, scientists need to 'get their minds right': the National Science Foundation’s Broader Impacts criterion is here to stay. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/03/owning-the-national-science-foundation%e2%80%99s-broader-impacts-criterion/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A Call For Supporting Michael Mann</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Although not initially of his own choosing, Michael Mann has been the most important, resilient, and outspoken warrior in the climate battle–responding to threats and persecution with courage and resolve every step of the way."]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogressaction.org/intersection/2012/02/a-call-for-supporting-michael-mann/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A Call to Action for Children With Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We can't let the search for "sexy" new drugs distract from the need for process improvement and supply chain security of old ones that have stood the test of time.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/02/a-call-to-action/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Progressing: February 24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week's science policy news brief looks at the new White House online privacy "Bill of Rights," pocket-sized genomic testing, the latest in 3-D printing,  a new Energy Department clean tech research initiative, and more.]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/02/science-progressing-february-24/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Streamlining the Business and Government Interface</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new BusinessUSA.gov portal is a key first step in bringing scattered federal programs together in one place to be more effective in helping business and spurring American innovation. ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/02/streamlining-the-business-and-government-interface/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Making the Most of Competition in Federal R&amp;D</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At a recent event at the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, Dr. Sybil Francis and Dr. Gregg Zachary discussed best practices for managing competition among and between federal research programs.

 ]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/02/making-the-most-of-competition-in-federal-rd/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Science Progressing: February 17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weeks science policy news covers the FY 2013 science budget, progress on new federal scientific integrity guidelines, conflict over cyber security legislation, google's alleged illegal tracking, and the unfolding of "denier-gate."]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceprogress.org/2012/02/science-progressing-february-17/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>

