Congressional Answers to the Top American Science Questions
ScienceDebate.org and Scientific American asked 33 leaders of science-oriented congressional committees to respond
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We prepared a subset of eight of the fourteen Top American Science Questions which President Obama and Governor Romney have answered, ranging from climate change to science in public policy, and asked thirty-three members of congress in leadership positions on the nation's science-oriented congressional committees to respond.
More - Link >>> http://www.sciencedebate.org/news20121016.html
Source: ScienceDebate.org .
Science in an Election Year
Scientific American rates the candidates' answers to 14 science questions
October 16, 2012
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Because these are substantive issues that will play a critical role in determining the nation's—not to mention our planet's—future, the Scientific American editors summarized and rated the candidates' answers. Our following analysis is not a comprehensive guide to the election—you will have to look elsewhere for an evaluation of the candidates' positions on foreign affairs, social values or tax policy. Instead we focused on highlighting how the candidates differ from each other on science.
More - Link >>> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=obama-romney-grades-science-in-an-election-year
Scientific American evaluates scientific merit of the presidential candidates' proposed policies:
Link >>> http://www.scientificamerican.com/report.cfm?id=science-debate-grading-obama-romney-on-science
Source: Scientific American Magazine.
Related Blog Posts --
ScienceDebate - Obama & Romney Answers (2012 Sept. 4)
Link >>> http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-link-sciencedebate-obama-romney.html
Science Questions Answered by Obama & Romney (2012 Sept. 4)
Link >>> http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2012/09/science-questions-answered-by-obama.htmlgaw
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The grades - Big-government types seeing only federal funding and control of the issues seem to have been the only graders. What a let-down.
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