We all know someone who can benefit from this cute little site. “Let me Google that for you” is for all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves. Take it for a spin and tuck it aside for your more annoying friends. Got  Read more »

I don’t generally report emails, but this post-election report from the Sciencedebate 2008 folks deserves wider attention. Shawn Otto here.  Two weeks ago today, America woke up to a new era.  Before the election, I said we’d report to you on the successes and failures of this initiative that we have built together.  This has,  Read more »

After the passage of Prop 8 in California, this press statement from a large contingent of former Generals and Admirals comes as a welcome indicator that progress is still being made. Maybe I am cynical, but if these military folks get their way and the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is abolished in favor of  Read more »

Ten years after the November 1998 state tobacco settlement, Georgia ranks 50th in the nation in funding programs to protect kids from tobacco, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. Georgia currently spends $3.2 million a year on tobacco prevention programs, which is 2.7 percent of the $116.5  Read more »

FT.com / World – US right stymie sensitive medical research Among 82 researchers polled by Ms Kempner, who had received money from the NIH, almost a quarter had dropped or reframed studies around sexual behaviour they judged to be politically sensitive, and four had made career changes and left academia as a result of the  Read more »