There needs to be a public dawning - and it is beginning to dawn on some members of the public - that how science is practiced actually makes a diffe….

There is a sense that science and politics are incompatible. I don't think so at all. I think it's important that scientists take great pains to make….

One must not politicize science. But the converse is not necessarily true. There's no reason why scientists can not go into the public sphere. In fac….

We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of..

It is true that when people are appointed to positions and talk without any appreciation or understanding of scientists, well, that gets scientists w….

The level of concern and anxiety among scientists - and I guess I'd say the science-friendly public - about the place of science in society in govern….

There seems to be a concern about whether the public appreciation of science has eroded to a point where it has removed science from public debate an….

The concern now is whether policymakers even understand the meaning of evidence. Whether there is any truth to this descriptor of "fact-free era." Wh….

Congress, even with its frustrations, is the greatest instrument for justice and human welfare in the world..

Every citizen, scientists included, has some obligation to be involved in public affairs and politics..