TierneyLab: TierneyLab: A Presidential Science Debate?
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If the 2008 presidential candidates are forced, kicking and screaming, to debate science, what questions should they be asked? An impressive array of scientists, academics, politicians and journalists have joined Science Debate 2008, the grass-roots group urging the candidates to have a debate on science and technology. I can't imagine the candidates' handlers are happy [...].
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President Bush defended restrictions on stem-cell research on Wednesday and reaffirmed support for nuclear-arms development, but Democratic challenger John Kerry accused Bush of putting ideology over science.
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Science & environment: Experts welcome drop in unfounded claims, but gaffes still cause concern
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Recently we have seen dis- cussions by the president and first lady and two op-ed pieces about stem cell research, one on Aug. 12 by Richard Cohen and one on Aug. 15 by Michael Kinsley. Only the column by Mr. Kinsley came anywhere close to presenting the ...
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Some critics question proposed federal spending hikes for nuclear research.
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There is no scientific evidence to back claims of man-made global warming. Period. Anyone who tells you that scientific research shows warming trends--be they teachers, newscasters, Congressmen, Senators, Vice Presidents or Presidents--is wrong.
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Controversial statements by Harvard's president have added fuel to a debate that scientists say has no definitive answers.
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Comment is free: Max Hastings: As leader, his toughest challenge will be energy - specifically winning the nuclear debate.
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By Liz Marlantes | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. As the presidential candidates enter Friday night&#39;s critical second debate, they are appealing to a competing set of impulses among voters - the
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Mixing science and politics, Nobel laureates and former presidential advisers are heading to campaign battleground states with a message that George Bush is no friend of scientists and should be replaced by John Kerry.
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Scientists who seek an alternative to the fossil-fuel theory got a Senate hearing this week.
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(Gene Emery is a columnist who covers science and technology. His Internet address is GEmery(at)Cox.net. Any opinions in the column are his alone.)
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The organizers of a proposed science and technology debate among the presidential candidates have set a date, four days before the Pennsylvania primary.
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In theory, putting presidential candidates on the same stage to debate the issues in a national broadcast is a great idea. Barring a major gaffe or a cute one-liner, however, the upcoming debates will likely be of little consequence.
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After a plethora of user-submitted videos that served as fuel for the banter among the eight Democratic presidential candidates at yesterday's CNN/YouTube political debate at the Citadel in South Carolina, the unasked question today remains this: Is it really a debate?
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The organizers of Science Debate 2008 have sent invitations to the leading presidential candidates in both parties for an April 18 debate that will focus on hot-button science issues like evolution, climate change and stem cell research.
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The much-touted, first-ever presidential "mashup debate" this week has its footage locked up on the eve of the Yahoo event, so there's unlikely to be much creative re-mixing involved. Instead, citizens will merely be able to choose what clips to watch on Yahoo's pages.