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Monthly Archives: August 2009

How unscientific is America?

Most recently, I wrote an article, in which I interviewed Chris Mooney–author of Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future. Mooney and his co-author Sheril Kirshenbaum explore how America has changed–becoming a place much less into science than it should be in order to prepare for a hyper-scientific future. They write: “Americans built the [...]

New stuff: Documentary and book reviews

I recently watched and wrote about a documentary about young people who are coping with the fact they have cancer at a tender age. Ranging from 19 to 29 years old, the subjects talk about their strategies for dealing with terminal illness. The film is called ‘Chasing Rainbows’ and I recommend it to anyone who [...]