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VIDEO: Presidential Debate: After Sandy—Climate Change, Science, and the Next 4 Years

ScienceDebate.org & ClimateDesk Live | Nov 01, 2012
With Obama campaign surrogate Kevin Knobloch and former Republican congressman and Delaware governor Mike Castle
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Science and the US Election

BBC World Service | Oct 30, 2012
What are the presidential candidates' opinions on scientific issues?
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Science and the 2012 Election - Shawn Otto and Matthew Chapman

Chris Mooney | Point of Inquiry | Oct 16, 2012
We talk to two founders of ScienceDebate, a nonprofit that pushes the presidential candidates to talk science policy.
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ScienceDebate!

The Theater of Public Policy | Oct 16, 2012
A combination of improv comedy and science policy that you have to see to get - before a live audience
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Presidential Candidates Debate Science

Steve Curwood | Living On Earth | Public Radio International | Oct 06, 2012
Shawn Otto tells host Steve Curwood about the 14 important science questions answered by each candidate.
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Matthews: Where did the ‘crazy rejection’ of science come from?

Chris Matthews | MSNBC | Aug 22, 2012
Chris Matthews suggests that both parties include a plank on science in their platforms this year.
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Why Science Is a Non-Issue in the Election...Again

Shawn Otto | David Gergen | Mike Lubell | Ira Flatow | National Public Radio | Jul 27, 2012
How science stacks up against other issues discussed and debated on the campaign trail.
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The Case For A Presidential Science Debate

Ira Flatow | National Public Radio | May 11, 2012
Ira Flatow and guests discuss how a presidential science debate can help voters decide if a candidate is up for the job.
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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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Shawn Otto's Fool Me Twice Book Launch

Introduction by news anchor Don Shelby | Oct 18, 2011
Otto discusses why science is never partisan but science is always political, and urges people to support Science Debate
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2010 State of Science

CapSci Conference, National Science Foundation | Mar 28, 2010
Science policy leaders discuss what progress the Obama administration has made on commitments contained in Obama's answers to the 14 Top Science Questions Facing America.
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Shawn Lawrence Otto Nobel Keynote

Nobel Conference | Oct 06, 2009
"Democracy in the Age of Science:" Science Debate cofounder Shawn Lawrence Otto's compelling keynote address at the 2009 Nobel conference
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Two Cultures Conference

New York Academy of Sciences | Jul 24, 2009
This conference, organized by Science Debate and the NYAS, features E.O. Wilson, Dean Kamen, John Porter, and many other leading experts on science and politics in America.
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Notable supporters urge Science Debates

Science Debate | Feb 16, 2008
Notable supporters urge candidates to participate in a Science Debate and explain why it's important to the future of the nation