Various: Former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona yesterday accused the Bush administration of ignoring the advice of scientists and promoting policies based on poltical ideology, not science. Carmona is not the first science official to have accused the adminstration of doing so. The Washington Post lists NASA scientist James E. Hansen, NIH scientist Story Landis, Susan F. Wood, an assistant FDA commissioner as also complaining about political interference over their research.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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