Science Debate 2008
Science Debate 2008 is a grassroots campaign to call for a public debate in which the candidates for the 2008 U.S. presidential election discuss issues relating to the environment, health and medicine, and ccience and technology policy. the effort is being co-chaired by U.S. House representatives Vernon J. Ehlers and Rush Holt, and the steering committee includes Chris Mooney, Matthew Chapman, Arne Carlson, Lawrence Krauss, John Rennie, and Shawn Lawrence Otto.
Among the scientific organizations supporting the program are the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Academy of Sciences, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Biophysical Society, and the Association for Women in Science.[1] Other supporters include politicians,[2] prominent research universities, Nobel laureates, business institutions, and science media editors.[1]
Science Debate 2008 has received media attention from MSNBC,[3], Science Friday,[4] as well as the editors of Scientific American[5] and Science.[6]
References
- ^ a b Selected supporter list
- ^ "Gordon Adds His Voice to Call for Science Focused Presidential Debate". Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ^ "State of the science - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com". Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ^ "NPR: Voters Petition for Presidential Science Debate". Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ^ "Presidential Science: Scientific American". Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ^ Donald Kennedy (2008). "The Real Debate". Science. 319 (5863): 548. doi:10.1126/science.1155357.
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