by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 30, 2008 | Citizen Science, Events, In the News, Science Policy
Delighted to have been invited to speak at this important event. Kindly join in the discussion, in person or online. From Shawn Otto, CEO of ScienceDebate2008.com: “The great press continues – we are affecting the presidential discussion. But now we need...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 13, 2008 | Science Policy
No one disputes that a lot of oil lies untapped under the rocky floors of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans off the U.S. coasts, in areas where Congress has banned drilling since 1982. But is it enough to free the U.S. from its dependence on foreign suppliers? Based on...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 12, 2008 | Science Policy
From New Scientist Magazine: The U.S. Leads the World. 40% of global R&D expenditure. 70% of Nobel prizewinners and 75% of world’s top 40 universities by quality of education and research. All great stuff. But why should we care about the next...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 2, 2008 | Science Policy
Thanks, Neil, for sending in the following comment re: McCain’s VP choice. Hmmm. You make some excellent (and courageous) points. What do the rest of you think about science in this election? Darlene, John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 30, 2008 | Science Policy
And they said it couldn’t be done. The Science Debate team (of which I am part) has been pushing for McCain and Obama to participate in a public science debate. Still hoping that will happen but in the interim we sent the candidates 14 questions culled from more...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 27, 2008 | Citizen Science, OTA, Science Policy
Surely you recall the infamous “hanging chads” of the Bush/Gore election….that’s what Congress was trying to avoid when it voted to switch over to electronic voting machines six years ago. If asked, you could have warned Congress that when it...
