Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 3, 2008. USDA-funded research helps Americans put some pizazz in their picnic baskets this fourth of July.
Chris Mooney, Yale Environment 360. June 30, 2008. The Bush administration has been widely criticized for placing politics over science. The next president must act to reverse that trend.
Lauri Lebo, AlterNet. April 24, 2008. With "Expelled," proponents of Intelligent Design prove that they are much better at marketing than they are at science.
Don Hazen, Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. April 24, 2008. Author Mary Roach on why you're lucky that you're not a rhesus monkey and other interesting tidbits from scientific sex research.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. January 28, 2008. Government scientists have said they personally experienced pressure to eliminate the terms like climate change from a variety of communications.
Independent UKJanuary 3, 2008. Did you know kangaroo farts are environmentally friendly? Scientists are studying the bacteria that prevents them from releasing methane.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. December 27, 2007. Apparently, Bush's entire stem cell research policy was swayed by a few passages of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".
Dr. Joseph Romm, Climate Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 5, 2007. Dr. Joseph Romm: Why can't conservatives accept the massive evidence that human emissions are the driving force behind our changing planet?
Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. October 19, 2007. Pam Spaulding: Just because you're the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA doesn't make you an expert on race and intelligence.
Ziba Kashef, ColorLines. October 18, 2007. The study of human genes has resurged a debate about the nature of race, with dangerous consequences for criminal justice.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. September 20, 2007. Sherri Shepherd, the latest addition to "The View", confidently says she doesn't believe in evolution but also doesn't know the shape of the Earth.
Hanna Rosin, Harcourt. August 23, 2007. A small Christian school outside the nation’s capital is dispatching the next round of evangelicals to the front lines of science and politics, where they will battle for control of the nation.
Paul Armentano, AlterNet. July 13, 2007. The Republican governor of Connectictut is the latest politician to look foolish for pushing tough anti-marijuana policies in the face of scientific data that proves the arguments hollow.
E MagazineMay 28, 2007. Word of the White House censoring federal climate scientists on global warming was leaked in Bush's first term in office, but only in the last few years have federal employees been willing to go on record with such accusations.
Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor. May 26, 2007. A new creation "science" museum puts dinosaurs in the garden with Adam and Eve. Some 700 scientists have deplored its inaccurate exhibits, warning that students who accept them are "unlikely to succeed in science courses."
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. March 28, 2007. From California to Florida, a string of Creation "Science" museums are springing up across the country as part of the Christian Right's attempt to rewrite the past and make it conform to the Bible.
