Category Archives: science policy
The environmental impact of meat production
Generally speaking, meat production in the United States is produced in an environmentally unsustainable manner. An important personal rationale for sticking to a mostly vegetarian diet is that it reduces by some small amount demand for meat production processes that … Continue reading
The Other DNA Day
Tomorrow is National DNA Day, in commemoration of the 1953 discovery of the molecule’s double helix structure and the 2003 completion of the Human Genome Project. But while the focus of the government-conceived holiday is on the DNA of one … Continue reading
Some Problems With Dismissing Science, Critical Theory, and Sustainability
In the third paragraph of his lengthy and provocative article on “Science and the Left” in the Winter issue of The New Atlantis, senior editor Yuval Levin swiftly dismisses five headline-grabbing objections raised in recent years to conservative blindness on … Continue reading
Federally Financed R&D Expenditures at Doctorate-granting Institutions by State, FY 1993-2006
Here we’re going to experiment with a Google gadget displaying Federal expenditures on state R & D over a period of 14 years: Source: SSTI
PLoS Sustainability?
The more I learn about specific issues within energy and environmental policy–biofuels, for instances–the more clearly the complexity of those issues demand reshifting the terms of the debate. Biofuels, for example, aren’t just about “energy independence.” But they’re also not … Continue reading