Today the US House of Representatives passed another stem cell bill by a vote of 253 to 174. The bill would authorize federal support for research using stem cells derived from excess embryos that fertility clinics would otherwise discard. President Bush vetoed the...
In the past year the Governor of California has challenged the "environmentally challenged" to listen to scientific research on important issues about the environment, health, biological research, and respect for work. In a Washington Post article, many of these ideas...
Since I am in the Washington DC area, I thought it was appropriate to write about an issue that crosses science research with the U.S. Congress. Last year, Congress passed only 2 (military & domestic security, eg. the wars in the Middle East) out of 11 spending...
The short answer is yes. Here's a longer answer. In 1986, Richard Rhodes published the Pulitzer Prize book, The Making of the Atomic Bomb giving us a sweeping account of the making of the first atomic bomb, including who and how they did it. Image: The Making of the...
There has recently been a flurry of letters to editor in the Marietta Daily Journal (Georgia) that were promted by a editorial two weeks ago by a Rev. Price concerning intelligent design. There has also been another subset of letters prompted by a Jeffrey Selman who...
The State of Alaska put a "bit of science" back into its state science curriculum standards. And what was that "bit"? Evolution! It turns out that the Anchorage School District made the proposal to change the life science standard to read: "...an understanding of how...
