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America asked Barack Obama about science, and Obama answered.
A website called Sciencedebate2008 gathered questions from Americans and asked Barack Obama to answer.  The result is a great platform dedicated to restoring America’s place as a leader in science.  For far too long, America has pushed science aside for religious fanatacism, so it’s nice to see [...]

Why does this remind me of that scene from Good Morning, Vietnam when the news that Cronauer can read on the air is passed through the censors?
The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, who study everything from caribou mating to global warming, subjecting them to controls on research that [...]