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We Need a Crash Course in Citizen Science

Stuart Firestein | Posted 05.11.2012

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Stuart Firestein

So what is the way in? How do we get to appreciate and understand and participate in science without having to collect a few PhDs? Though it may seem a curious perspective, I suggest ignorance.

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Basic Research: The Fountain About to Run Dry

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 04.11.2012

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Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

Biology is an intrinsically artisan discipline: it looks like a crazy quilt of intricately interwoven threads (take a look at the diagram of any biological pathway and you get the picture, let alone how things translate across scales).

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'Disturbing' Warning Physicists Have For U.S. Science

Posted 04.06.2012

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By: Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 04/06/2012 09:56 AM EDT on LiveScience ATLANTA — The United States is at risk of ced...

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Scientific Research and a Sustainable Planet

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.12.2012

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Steven Cohen

With a global population that is projected to reach 10 billion by 2050, the crucial question emerges -- how do we extract our needs from the planet without destroying it?

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Super Committee Fail Jeopardizes Science Research

Neal Sweeney | Posted 01.31.2012

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Neal Sweeney

In spite of the great benefits of the U.S.'s long-standing commitment to basic science research and the breakthroughs it has enabled, Congress stands poised to undermine this cornerstone of American economic competitiveness.

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The Deep Impacts of Unfunded Science

Steven Newton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steven Newton

The Hale-Bopp comet was discovered only two years before its passage by Earth, not nearly enough time to divert the comet. So much for the Deep Impact scenario.

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