by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 27, 2009 | Blog, Events, Science Policy
Had some terrific meetings in D.C. on Monday. Then I got slammed with a 24-hour virus (courtesy of my kids). Met the CEO of Discover, Henry Donahue, for coffee. (SO nice and very smart). Then met with Newt Gingrich and Rita Colwell to brainstorm tactics on behalf of...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 27, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Policy
A colleague of mine, Chris Mooney (author of the Republican War on Science) recently published an article in Slate magazine: “Mission Accomplished. The “war on science” is over. Now what?” I encourage you to read the full report. I found two...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 9, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science, In the News, Science Policy, Sticky
Harnessing the Power of Citizen Scientists Congress should bring back the OTA, but this time with a prominent role for the public, especially the burgeoning numbers of citizen scientists. By Darlene Cavalier Fishing for Answers The old Office of Technology Assessment...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 6, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Policy
These are real-time results of a pretend market trade. Go ahead and make a prediction! Bill Gates? Ester Dyson? That cool guy from the Apple commercials? (Why not…CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta was just named U.S. Surgeon General.)
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 23, 2008 | Blog, Science Policy
Science Progress is one of my favorite online science resources because the editors carefully and consistently deliver news of relevance to folks like us. Oh, and because they published my articles on citizen scientists and the reopening of the Office of Technology...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 20, 2008 | Blog, Science Policy
Obama: ” It is time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and work to restore America’s place as the world leader in science and technology.” Science bloggers are thrilled, the Science Debate team is giddy, a few folks are cautiously...
