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Bias accusations against Google draw on a broader false narrative

Dec 15, 2018

Google CEO Sundar Pichai answered questions from lawmakers at a Congressional hearing Tuesday, focused on Google’s alleged bias against conservative viewpoints. There was no resolution of the ongoing accusation...

China’s president mentions “negative elements” of relations with US

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Jul 3, 2017

Policy, Science, World

China’s President Xi Jinping mentioned “negative elements” to China’s relationship with the US during a phone call with President Trump on Monday. The statement marks Xi’s first public mention of the rising ten...

Science based policies, now under threat, are crucial to protect vulnerable communities

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Apr 23, 2017

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

On Saturday, thousands of scientists and activists gathered in Washington DC for the March for Science, calling on the public to defend science-based policy making against what they see as an assault from the T...

Trump team abruptly postpones meeting to discuss Paris agreement

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Apr 21, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

Trump aides postponed a meeting scheduled for Tuesday at which top advisers were set to offer the president a recommendation on whether to stick with the Paris climate accord. It is now unknown when the meeting...

North Korea standoff is a key opportunity for Trump to prove his critics wrong

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Apr 18, 2017

Opinion, Policy, Science, World

The mounting standoff between the United States and North Korea will require intelligence, diplomacy, and patience, and will test whether President Trump can disprove his critics’ most dire concerns about his t...

Trump’s budget proposal ignores the importance of research funding

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Apr 3, 2017

Headlines, Opinion, Policy, Science

President Donald Trump’s dismissiveness toward climate change during his campaign has already earned him few fans in the scientific community. But his budget proposal to Congress earlier this month may be his m...

Trump prepares to roll back Obama-era emissions standards

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Mar 17, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

The Trump administration is set to begin the process of rolling back carbon pollution standards from the Obama era. After meeting with automakers in Detroit, Trump asked the Environmental Protection Agency to b...

A new era of misinformation: the dangers of fear-mongering fake news

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Feb 20, 2017

Opinion, Policy, Science

Reports of fake or nonexistent terror attacks risk unnecessary panic and promote an outsized response to a very real problem. Within the last month alone, a trend has emerged in which officials or news agenc...

Uber CEO backs out of Trump’s economic advisory council in wake of boycott

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Feb 3, 2017

Business, Policy, Science

Uber’s CEO, Travis Kalanick, is backing out of Donald Trump’s economic advisory council, after public perception of support for Trump’s policies led to an online boycott against the ride service. In an email ad...

Open letter from California professors to Donald Trump calls for action on climate change

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Feb 2, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

A new open letter to Donald Trump, from 2,300 professors from California public universities, calls on the President to take climate change more seriously. It asks the new administration to maintain the US comm...

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