Science communicator and policy expert Sheril Kirshenbaum has joined Scientific American's "Plugged In" blog. Sheril is Director of The Energy Poll at The University of Texas at Austin. Go visit her introductory blog post and find out what she's up to (and also, links to the various books she wrote).
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Some of you may have expected or sensed that it was going to happen. But now, I can finally announce that it's official:
My recent Harper's piece, on how to fix the mess Bush made of science policy, is now readable for free here.
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