science policy
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New House Science Committee Chair To Climate Scientists: We’ve Got Your Back Again
Change is in the air over at the House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology. An oozing sump of climate change scepticism under the leadership of Texas Republican Lamar Smith, the committee is poised to be taken over by Democrats and led by Texas’s Eddie Bernice Johnson, a registered nurse and longtime champion of science…
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Victory: A Climate Change Denier Will No Longer Run The House Science Committee
However you feel about the outcome of last night’s election, if you care about evidence-based policy making, there’s one thing to cheer: The House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology will, for the first time in nearly a decade, be led by someone who accepts the conclusions of mainstream climate science.
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This Outdated Law Makes CRISPR Illegal In Canada, And That’s Hurting Science
Like Australia, Canada is among the few countries in the world where genetically engineering human embryos isn’t just illegal, doing so could land you behind bars.
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Trump’s Plan To Slash The NIH Budget Won’t Just Hurt Scientists, It Will Hurt Everyone
While the Trump Administration’s plan for massive cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency has caused a veritable panic, much less discussed has been the proposal to slash the budget of the National Institutes of Health.