You’d think religious objections to scientific research would have ended with the invention of penicillin.
As President Obama reversed the Bush administration’s limits on embryonic stem-cell research, he said scientific decisions must be “based on facts, not ideology.”
The president on Monday signaled a clear shift in tone from the Bush administration on a broad range of [...]
The scientific community is all atwitter this weekend as news spread that Obama is getting ready to lift the prohibition on the Federal government from funding stem cell research.
Expect conservative fundamentalists to roll out the old “snowflake baby” argument by this time next week.
U.S. President Barack Obama will soon issue an executive order lifting an [...]
administration afghanistan bailout bill blog bonuses bush CEO pay compensation congress decisions Drug War Economic crisis economy emission energy EPA Food Safety foreign policy gaza guantanamo healthcare human rights inauguration international Internet iran iraq israel labor lobbyism Media National Security palestine Police Russia science speech stem cells stimulus tax terrorism website Weekly Address youtube