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Obama's Favorite Day As President?

Posted 02.07.2012

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President Barack Obama may have just had his favorite day as leader of the free world. At a White House science fair on Tuesday, during which Obama...

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Obama Makes 'Special Plea' To Press: Pay Attention To White House Science Fair Winners

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 02.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama made a "special plea" to the press on Tuesday to give coverage to the winners of the White House Science Fair. ...

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Judge OKs Funding For Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 09.26.2011

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WASHINGTON — A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, a...

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New Obama Scientific Integrity Memo Is Late And Vague

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Nearly a year and a half after President Obama promised to issue guidelines to assure scientific integrity in the federal government, th...

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Despite Obama's Lofty Words, Scientific Integrity Rules Are Lagging

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last March, President Obama promised he'd have a strategy for restoring scientific integrity to the federal government on hand by July 29. A full year...

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The Imperative Need for America to Become an Innovation Nation

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Kao’s Innovation Nation is both frightening and inspiring. Frightening because of the details it provides about the ways America is falling behind the rest of the world; inspiring because Kao imbues it with a sense of optimism and great possibility, reminding us of all the times -- including the response to Pearl Harbor and the launching of Sputnik -- America has rallied, marshalling its forces to innovate and meet great challenges. READ MORE When It Comes to Innovation, Is America Becoming a Third World Country? Once upon a time, the United States was the world's dominant innovator. But now, when it comes to our approach to innovation, we desperately need some innovation. Here are three good places to start. READ MORE

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Five Reasons Americans Can Be Happy

Lynda Resnick | Posted 11.17.2011

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Nowadays, everything is reduced to sound bites of doom and gloom. I've decided to exercise my Constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness. Here's what is making me smile these days.

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Science You Can Believe In

Joe Trippi | Posted 05.25.2011

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By investing and believing in innovation we will overcome our current economic woes and ensure our prosperity for decades to come.

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Two Top Obama Science Advisers Blocked By NJ Senator

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The nominations of two of President Obama's top science advisers have stalled in the Senate, according to several sources, posing a challenge to the a...

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Restoring Science To Its Rightful Place

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a false impression in Washington that you need a PhD or science background to use scientific facts and research to make public policy decisions. This should not be the case.

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10 Reasons to Be Hopeful About 2009 and 3 Reasons to be Terrified

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

We humans have the free will to make choices that assure our collective survival, or do otherwise. We have the creativity and intelligence to build on the best possibilities while averting the worst.

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Scientists Eager For Stem Cell Policy Change Under Obama

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although President-elect Obama's pledge to change federal policy on stem cell research is not likely to lead to new cures by the end of his first year...

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