Exploring the landscape of the Economic Recovery & Reinvestment Act is an enormous task. I know the Act was just signed by the President, but I am eager to find out the areas of recovery and reinvestment that pertain to science & technology and science...
In this weblog post, I am continuing the discussion started yesterday when I invoked Carl Sagan's signature phrase, "Billions and Billions." Today I want to look at the budget that the U.S. Department of Education will have as part of the Economic Recovery and...
In this weblog post, I am continuing the discussion started yesterday when I invoked Carl Sagan's signature phrase, "Billions and Billions." Today I want to look at the budget that the U.S. Department of Education will have as part of the Economic Recovery and...
In the widely popular PBS program Cosmos, Carl Sagan approximated the numbers of planets, stars and galaxies in the Universe as "billions and billions"---his famous catch phrase. Over the past several months, American's have been reintroduced to the phrase "billions...
The US Senate is working on the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment bill, and as of today, it appears that it will be approved in the Senate, perhaps on Tuesday. However, Shawn Otto has been in contact with citizens that are members of the ScienceDebate2008. On Friday,...
In yesterday's post, I used the phrase "track II diplomacy" when I was reporting an interview with Dr. Peter Agre, the new president of the AAAS. It turns out that Dr. Agre agrees with a group of American scientists who wish to talk with North Korean scientists, in a...
