November 28, 2011
COMMUNICATING MEDICINE
The Importance of Narrative in Communicating Evidence-Based Science
Scientists who espouse only evidence—without narratives about real people—struggle to control the debate, and typically, they lose.
Science & Society Articles
November 22, 2011
SCIENCE IN SOCIETY
What Would George Washington Do About Fracking?
In addition to being our nation’s first president, George Washington also had a curious mind, leading him to ask questions and conduct experiments to find the truth, something many elected leaders in Washington seem to have forgotten.
November 16, 2011
INVESTING IN SCIENCE
House Science Cuts Don’t Make the Cut
The House appropriations bill cuts vital science reserach on food safety, technology innovation, agriculture, and rural entrepreneurship, but preserves the corporate jet tax loophole.
November 14, 2011
SCIENCE IN POLITICS
What Would TJ Do?
What would Thomas Jefferson, an avid scientist and enlightenment thinker, have to say about the politicization of science in our day?
October 21, 2011
BOOK RELEASE
The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America
Science Progress Editor-In-Chief Jonathan Moreno talks to a packed audience at the Center for American Progress about his new book, The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America.
October 18, 2011
SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY
Overdue and Underdone
Ensuring scientific research is properly used in government decision making is the responsibility of nonscientists as well as scientists. The Obama administration scientific integrity timeline shows how progress has come in fits and false starts.
October 12, 2011
ASTRONOMY POLICY
Should We Put Human Spaceflight on Hold a Year to Save Astronomy?
Rising costs have put the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the wildly popular Hubble Space Telescope, on the Congressional budget chopping block. To keep it, members of the House subcommittee that funds NASA will need to find $2.2 billion somewhere.
October 11, 2011
BOOKS
‘The Body Politic’ and the Biopolitics of the 21st Century
We have entered what some call the “biological century” and a new biopolitics has emerged to address the implications for America’s collective value system, our well-being, and ultimately, our future. The Body Politic hits bookstores today.
October 7, 2011
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Are Millennials Leaving Their Churches Because Those Churches Are Anti-Science?
A new survey by the Barna Group suggests the that perception that many churches are “anti-science” is driving young people in the millennial generation to eschew formal religion altogether.
September 10, 2011
TERRORISM SCIENCE
Science and the ‘The 9/11 Effect’
Terrorism has shaped science and federal research priorities in the 10 years since the world trade center attacks, but the influence runs both ways.
August 24, 2011
SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY
Administration Fumbling Toward Scientific Integrity
The Obama administration’s efforts to protect scientific integrity moved forward recently with the submission of five finalized agency policies and 14 draft policies, but progress has been slow and haphazard.
August 12, 2011
SCIENCE IN SOCIETY
Are We Still a Nation of Science?
In the 21st century leadership in science is not optional for a nation that proposes to remain a superpower.
SCIENCE EDUCATION
Attacks on Science Education Intensify
Attacks on climate science in schools aren’t just interferences with teaching, they prepping young minds to make the kinds of emotionally driven argumentative responses that make our public discourse at the national level so fruitless.
August 10, 2011
INTERNET PRIVACY
Big Brother Is Always About Protecting the Children
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle agree that the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 goes far beyond its stated purpose by granting the government unprecedented powers to monitor our online activities.
August 9, 2011
STEM EDUCATION
Women Missing Out on High-Paying STEM Jobs
Women working in science, technology, engineering, and math professions are outnumbered by men 3-to-1 despite a lower wage gap in those fields, says a new Commerce Department report.
August 3, 2011
BIOETHICS
‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’
Hollywood once again helps us understand why what biologists could do scares the hell out of us.
August 2, 2011
SCIENCE AND FAITH
An Uncommon Ally for Science
Science and spirituality can not only coexist, but in fact need each other, according to the Dalai Lama’s world view.
July 29, 2011
TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAW
Swartz “Steals” for Science
The indictment of internet activist Aaron Swartz for allegedly downloading 4.8 million articles from JSTOR under a guest account raises questions
July 18, 2011
SCIENCE FICTION
‘Red Mars’ Book Club Part VI: Water and the Rock
The conclusion of Alyssa’s “Red Mars” book club addresses the ethics of concealing scientific data, and asks a central question of the conflict between two main characters: “what’s more important: their temperaments, or their scientific methods?”
July 12, 2011
DEMOCRATIC SCIENCE
Who Gets a Seat at the National Science Funding Priorities Table?
The NSF’s failure to publicize its solicitation for input about public science funding priorities is a missed opportunity for democratic public engagement.
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