Consider these recent events in U.S. politics: Chris Mooney's 2005 book charging the Republican Party with declaring war on science becomes a surprise bestseller. The staid Union of Concerned Scientists launches a public campaign to protect the integrity of science in federal policy making. U.S. researchers working at one of the most exciting frontiers of biomedicine-human embryonic stem cells-feel politically embattled and despair of receiving federal support. The White House alienates climate scientists by refusing to accept that greenhouse gas emissions have reached critical levels and must be promptly controlled.
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