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After his book The Republican War on Science became a best seller in 2005, journalist Chris Mooney decided to find out what the disconnect is between scientists and regular people. In Unscientific America Mooney and marine biologist Sheril Kirshenbaum join together to explain how that disconnect is putting the future of our country in danger. TIME caught Mooney during his book tour and discussed what scientists and teachers can do to raise the level of understanding...
...going to be probably even closer. The reason that issue is so hard is that we have a gigantic gap between scientists and the public - and by association, the politicians that represent them. Scientists have been quite strong on this for 20 years and still only half of America seems to know what they're talking about. (See pictures of animals endangered by global warming...
...Unscientific America you've moved on to a more overarching discussion about "scientific illiteracy" in society that threatens to hinder productivity in the U.S. What are some ways we've fallen behind or are in danger of falling behind? Science drives innovation which drives growth, and the concerns are very serious that we are slipping in that area. There are attempts to address it but they are nothing like what you saw after Sputnik when we really, really decided that we were going to be competitive. We're not throwing everything into it. People just aren't in tune...
...invasion of Iraq and replays the tragedy as farce. Politics aside, which they never are in this acid, acute talkathon, it's a study of office politics in the middle and upper levels of two large, powerful, troubled corporations: the United Kingdom and the United States of America. No Prime Minister or President is even seen; we're watching the trench fighting of the foot soldiers and noncommissioned officers. Watching and especially listening, in awe of their verbal venom. This is insult comedy of the highest order...
...used to corral people who are simply uncooperative or rude. State statutes are designed to help police officers maintain authority, and they are so broadly worded that divining what constitutes disorderly conduct is left up to the discretion of individual officers. "It's probably the most abused statute in America," says Eugene O'Donnell, a professor of law and police studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. (See TIME's top 10 crime stories...