Obama names respected scientists to science posts! »
Posted By memestryker 10 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsPresident-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist to science posts, signaling a change from Bush administration policies that were criticized for putting politics over science. John Holdren and Jane Lubchenco will serve as science policy advisor and secretary of NOAA, respectively.
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This is the best news I've heard from the new president-elect. Science is finally going to be treated with the respect it deserves.
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Scientific method is how we discover and understand the natural world. It is the source of breakthroughs in curing disease and in creating artifacts that make our world safer and more habitable. It is the source of the knowledge we need to guide our behavior in our families and as stewards of the planet. It enables us to create tools of discovery.
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