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A Debate on Science and America’s Future

"Given the many urgent scientific and technological challenges facing America and the rest of the world, the increasing need for accurate scientific information in political decision making, and the vital role scientific innovation plays in spurring economic growth and competitiveness, we call for public debates in which the U.S. presidential and congressional candidates share their views on the issues of The Environment, Health and Medicine, and Science and Technology Policy."






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Where Do the Republican Candidates Stand on Science?

Ronald Bailey | Reason | Jan 18, 2012

From the Internet to bioscience and energy, science and technology touch nearly every aspect of our lives. Below, a look at the positions of the five remaining Republican presidential candidates on seven different science and technology policy issues: (1) emergency contraception, (2) biological evolution, (3) climate change, (4) shale gas, (5) nuclear power and waste disposal, (6) space exploration, and (7) the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The candidates are listed in order they are currently polling: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and Rick Perry.

ScienceDebate concept spreads to Latin America

TELI - science journalism and science debate 2011 (Germany) | Jan 02, 2012

The journal of the renowned Javariana University in Bogotá, Colombia, "Signo y Pensamiento" (sign and thought), has a contribution titled "The agenda of science journalism in the second decade of the 21st Century: to promote scientific literacy through science debates."

A serious science debate? Don't hold your breath

Kansas City Star | Dec 27, 2011

Four years ago, a group of science writers tried to organized a debate in which Barack Obama and John McCain would debate science issues. Neither campaign was interested. Author Shawn Lawrence Otto says the group will try again in 2012.

Book examines America's turn from science, warns of danger for democracy

Renee Schoof | McClatchy Newspapers | Dec 26, 2011

WASHINGTON — Americans have trouble dealing with science, and one place that's especially obvious is in presidential campaigns, says Shawn Lawrence Otto, who tried, with limited success, to get the candidates to debate scientific questions in the 2008 presidential election.

Why doesn’t America like science?

Financial Times | Nov 25, 2011

Just three Republican candidates have declared that they believe in the scientific basis for evolution

Three important essays on science and politics

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Nov 03, 2011

Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently questioned the science of climate change in ways so unsupported by evidence that Glenn Kessler, the "Fact Checker" columnist at The Washington Post, gave him a rating of "four Pinocchios." Perry's is but one scientific misstatement among many that regularly roil the US political scene. What is the proper scientific response to the political distortion -- or even outright rejection -- of science? Three Bulletin experts will offer authoritative and at times provocative analysis.

Antiscience Politics on The Daily Show

Weathering Fights - Science: What's It Up To? | Oct 26, 2011

Science claims it's working to cure disease, save the planet and solve the greatest human mysteries, but Aasif Mandvi finds out what it's really up to.

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