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Science & Policy News
September 2004
Nature
, September 30, 2004
New
York Times , September 30, 2004
New
York Times , October 4, 2004
Publishers sue US OFAC: Ban on editing and peer-reviewing material from embargoed nations challenged in court.
Rodale Institute's New Farm, September 28, 2004 Roundup Ready gene responsible?: Is genetic manipulation in soybeans responsible for a $1.28 billion dollar loss to farmers in the US ?
Chemical and Engineering News, September 24, 2004 Science Board Nominees: President Bush names eight candidates for NSF oversight board. Who are they?
Science Magazine, September 24, 2004 Science and the Bush Administration: In this article David Baltimore (president of the California Institute of Technology) takes a look at the Bush administration and how it has dealt with a handful of prevalent science topics.
Scripps Howard News Service, September 21, 2004 Poll: Voters don't like mixing of politics, science: Voters strongly disapprove of the kind of politicization of government-sponsored scientific research as has taken place during the Bush administration, according to a national poll released Tuesday by a coalition of scientists and advocacy groups.
New York Times, September 21, 2004 Genes From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles, Study Finds: A new study raises questions about the straying of other plants altered through biotechnology that could hurt the efforts of two companies looking to win approval for the first bioengineered grass. Read
more Californians to Vote on Stem Cell Research Funds: Proposition 71 would authorize the state to issue $3 billion in bonds to pay for a range of stem cell research.
New York Times , September 24, 2004 California Stem-Cell Plan: A response by Daniel Sarewitz to "Californians to Vote on Stem Cell Research Funds" in the September 20, 2004 New York Times.
Center for Genetics and Society , September 16, 2004
Critics
slate ethical leeway in California stem-cell proposal: Opponents believe
the proposal would give researchers the opportunity to rewrite ethical
guidelines to accommodate their needs.
The Candidates on Science: On 2 November 2004, U.S. voters will decide whether to give Republican President George W. Bush a second term or put Democrat John Kerry in the White House. Science has asked each candidate to lay out his views on more than a dozen science-related issues facing the nation. Read
more U.S. Election 2004: But what will another four years of George W. Bush mean for science, compared with a term under Democratic challenger John Kerry? To find out, Nature has asked the two candidates 15 questions about their science policies. Read
more
Big
Bucks for Tiny Technology: The nanotechnology industry within
universities continues to grow, but will profits be soon to follow?
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