According to Shawn Otto, U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives have ignored a request from Science Debate to answer eight science policy questions. The questions were selected from hundreds submitted by scientists, engineers, educators, and concerned citizens....
According to Shawn Otto, U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives have ignored a request from Science Debate to answer eight science policy questions. The questions were selected from hundreds submitted by scientists, engineers, educators, and concerned citizens....
The world is flat; astronauts did not go to the moon; and the Earth is 10,000 years old. A recent poll reported that very few people in the US accept the theory of evolution as a valid explanation for the creation of life on Earth. According to the National Center for...
Is science and mathematics teaching inferior to science teaching in Singapore, South Korea, and Finland? Have American students fallen behind in math and science? In the 2008 and 2012, Science Debate asked presidential candidates (as well as congressional...
David Gergen, Michael Lubell and Shawn Otto had a very important conversation with Ira Flatow on this week's Science Friday about why the science debate project is critical to the country. The discussion focused on science in the presidential debates, and looked at...
Update: Shawn Otto of Science Debate will be featured on NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday at 2 ET. Discussion on science in the elections. In 2007, a small group of American citizens, lead by Shawn Otto, created Science Debate 2008, an organization that...
