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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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