Science under Barack Obama
JAN 27, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024034
BBC Radio 3 : Philip Dodd presents an edition of Night Waves dedicated to assessing science in America under Barack Obama.
One year ago today Barack Obama’s inaugural address pledged that “We will restore science to its rightful place...our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions - that time has surely passed."These words brought delight to many in the science world and provoked anger amongst others. Under President Bush science in America had become a hotly contested subject with accusations of inappropriate political interference, skepticism of climate change science was widespread and federal funding for stem cell research restricted on religious grounds.Obama had made many science-related promises on the campaign trail, so a year on how comfortably does science sit in the American landscape?
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