Scientists and science organizations are being disingenuous when they say science can say nothing about the supernatural. They know better.
Richard Alley | Posted 04.24.2012
Parts of America are powered by technologies that Abraham Lincoln advocated more than a century and a half ago. But some in our country are weakened by failure to appreciate another, even more powerful idea that Lincoln also promoted.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.23.2012
These anti-evolution bills undercut any hope that we might produce a scientifically literate citizenry.
Marvin Meadors | Posted 05.22.2012
Before we get conservative politicians to change their minds regarding climate change we must get them to listen, a rather Herculean task in itself.
Christine Negroni | Posted 03.25.2012
Everyone who did not go on a wild ride in a Toyota may be sick to death of the subject just as many people are tired of the debate over whether portable electronic devices should be allowed on flights below 10,000 feet.
Ted Kaufman | Posted 03.03.2012
We are beginning a new year, and the silence in Congress is still deafening. Will there ever be a debate about what should be done to deal with climate change?
Elaine Weiss | Posted 02.05.2012
If they weren't so damaging to children, congressional leaders' explanations for their policy decisions that cater to big money interests at those children's expense would be downright funny.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.16.2012
On Tuesday, Congress decided that pizza is a vegetable. I have to imagine that this news instilled confusion in many Americans, as many Americans are: familiar with pizza; familiar with vegetables; and sane. But, according to the geniuses in Washington, pizza is a vegetable for the purposes of determining what goes into public school lunches by virtue of the fact that pizza traditionally includes a schmear of tomato paste. And if you're wondering how it came to pass that Congress arrived at the conclusion that pizza could count as a serving of vegetables for this reason, wonder no more! Congress was guided along this path by lobbyists. And lobbyists can do all sorts of things, by magic!
AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 01.15.2012
WASHINGTON -- Who needs leafy greens and carrots when pizza and french fries will do? In an effort many 9-year-olds will cheer, Congress wants pizza ...
The Washington Post | Posted 10.25.2011
Vaccines are generally safe for most people, the National Academy of Sciences has concluded, dismissing stubborn concerns about supposed links to auti...
John Thompson | Posted 10.01.2011
Bill Gates says that his $5 billion experiment in education has not failed. Gates also claims that he trusts in science. That prompted me to reread the National Academy of Sciences' analysis of the failure of test-driven accountability.
Riane Eisler | Posted 09.18.2011
In the last few weeks something amazing happened: the U.S. economy and its international credit rating were taken hostage by a Republican Party that has itself been high-jacked by extremists.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.08.2011
NEW YORK -- Education policies pushing more tests haven't necessarily led to more learning, according to a new National Research Council report. "W...
Ken Cook | Posted 07.13.2011
It apparently doesn't occur to the pesticide-produce lobby that the reason sales for organic products have surged is because they taste better and don't deliver toxic pesticides into one's daily diet.
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Gottesdiener | Posted 06.21.2011
On Monday night, Hildy Saizow, President of Arizonans for Gun Safety, received very surprising news: Gov. Jan Brewer (R) had vetoed SB 1467, a bill th...
Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011
Already, there is far more carbon in the air than at any time in human history, with more being generated every day. Climate change is underway and the severity of the risks we face is compounded by delay.
Javier Sierra | Posted 05.25.2011
Big Coal has redefined the word "cheap" as keeping the profits and passing your true costs onto society. But those days are numbered.
Mary Ann Esposito | Posted 05.25.2011
If I had only one food ingredient prediction to make for this year, it would be that Quinoa will be the new darling of the healthy food universe. So what is it?
Education Week | Sarah D. Sparks | Posted 05.25.2011
When a federal court in 2005 rejected an attempt by the Dover, Pa., school board to introduce intelligent design as an alternative to evolution to exp...
Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 05.25.2011
The movie Conviction is a compelling hit. It is both a condemnation of the criminal justice system and a celebration of familial love that leads ...
James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently endorsed a "Manhattan Project" approach to renewable energy research. Specifically, he urged the U.S...
James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011
While scientists and engineers make up only four percent of the U.S. workforce, "this group disproportionately creates jobs for the other 96 percent," the National Science Board has observed.
Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011
Animal tests are expensive and time consuming, and their relevance is often questioned by stakeholders on one side or the other, leading to disputes over which chemicals represent a real threat.
AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- Ditching its past cautious tone, the nation's top scientists urged the government Wednesday to take drastic action to raise the cost of ...
Lawrence E. Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011
By scientific consensus, solar EMP blasts will next climax in ferocity and frequency late in 2012 or early 2013. Might be a good idea to harden sensitive electronic components before then.
Victor Stenger | Posted 05.16.2012