Science Archives - The Westside Story

Pro-science candidates gained ground in the US midterms

Nov 8, 2018

The US midterm elections saw more candidates with science backgrounds running for office than in any past election, with at least eleven earning victories, according to Nature. Some are still awaiting results i...

Brett Kavanaugh is bad news for science and justice

West Side Story

Jul 17, 2018

Opinion

It’s official: President Donald Trump’s long-awaited pick for the Supreme Court has seen staunch conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh nominated as the next Supreme Court Justice. And it’s an appointment that does...

Public trust of scientists is stable, but they’re losing the battle on hot-button issues

West Side Story

May 19, 2018

Environment, Opinion, Science

The degree to which the public has lost trust in science has, to some extent, been exaggerated. Surveys since 1979 have consistently shown that about seven in 10 Americans believe science plays a positive role ...

MPs warn Britain risks its science leadership role by not committing to EU research program

West Side Story

Mar 24, 2018

Science, World

According to the UK’s House of Commons science and technology select committee, Britain is risking its role as a global science and research leader by failing to commit to the EU’s next wave of science funding....

The absurdity of Prop 65

Platonium

Feb 5, 2018

Environment, Health, Policy, Science

Californian coffee drinkers may soon be confronted with a warning label next time they purchase their morning coffee - at least if an ongoing lawsuit alleging the popular beverage to contain harmful amounts of ...

Union of Concerned Scientists to sue EPA for barring scientists from advisory boards

West Side Story

Jan 26, 2018

Policy, Science

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the EPA, over an October directive from agency chief Scott Pruitt, barring EPA-funded scientists from sitting on the agency’s advisory boards. Professor Elizabeth “Lianne” ...

Reuters scoop signals an end to questions over glyphosate

Platonium

Jun 20, 2017

Opinion

Has the embattled debate over glyphosate – the active ingredient in the world’s most widely used weed killer– come to a conclusion? After seemingly endless back-and-forth over the substance’s safety, that’s wha...

Trump’s budget proposal ignores the importance of research funding

West Side Story

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...

Americans disagree with scientists on climate change and genetically altered foods says Pew study

Amanda

Jan 31, 2015

Innovation

While an overwhelmingly large percentage of Americans (80percent) agree that science and scientific research are important, they do not agree with science on ‘disputable’ topics like climate change and genetica...

NSF finds four agricultural crops causing rise in global warming levels, exhale CO2 as they grow

Platonium

Nov 22, 2014

Innovation

The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere see a drastic drop in the Northern Hemisphere each year. It’s a widely known fact that plants inhale carbon dioxide in summers, and they exhale it in the season wh...

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