A recent study published in the Oxford journal Science and Public Policy reveals the harsh reality of the state of science in the European Union: “Europe lags far behind the USA in the production of important, highly cited research.” Read the rest at The Telegraph.
Thankfully, Mr. Sanders will never reside in the White House.
Arguably, it is more difficult to be a scientist today than ever before.
On the needlessly hot-button issue of genetic modification, Democrats sided with fearmongers and organic foodies, while Republicans sided with the medical and scientific mainstream.
Unfortunately, it appears as if Dr. Oz’s “fact-checker” is just a clone. We could call him Mini-Oz.
This widespread and deliberate misinformation campaign needs to stop immediately.
We are allowing our national science policy debates to be partially dominated by people who know almost nothing about science.