https://www.scienceblogs.com/ en https://www.scienceblogs.com/neuronculture/2009/03/05/harold-varmus-on-daily-show-sh <span>Harold Varmus, on Daily Show, shows why Obama picked him</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I noted earlier that Harold Varmus, Obama's key science advisor, was on the Daily Show, but after viewing again the clip of his short appearance I thought it should get its own little show here. Varmus is everything you'd want as a public face to science -- immensely accomplished but amiable and everyday as could be. It's a nice little clip and just short of 7 minutes. </p> <style type="text/css"> <!--/*--><![CDATA[/* ><!--*/ .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;} /*--><!]]>*/ </style><div class="cc_box" style="position:relative"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com" target="_blank" style="display:inline; float:left; width:60px; height:31px;"><br /> <div class="cc_home" style="float:left; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-width:1px 0px 0px 1px; width:60px; height:31px; background:url(&quot;http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-out.png&quot;);"></div> <p></p></a><br /> <div style="font:bold 10px Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; float:left; width:299px; height:31px; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-width:1px 1px 0px 0px; overflow:hidden; color:#707070; position:relative;"> <div class="cc_show" style="position:relative; background-color:#e5e5e5;padding-left:3px; height:14px; padding-top:2px; overflow:hidden;"><a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/" target="_blank">The Daily Show With Jon Stewart</a><span style="position:absolute; top:2px; right:3px;">M - Th 11p / 10c</span></div> <div class="cc_title" style="font-size:11px; color:#868686; background-color:#f5f5f5; padding:3px; padding-top:1px; line-height:14px; height:21px; overflow:hidden;"><a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=219520&amp;title=harold-varmus" target="_blank">Harold Varmus</a></div> </div> <p><embed style="float:left; clear:left;" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:219520" width="360" height="301" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="autoPlay=false" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" bgcolor="#000000"></embed><br /> </p><div class="cc_links" style="float:left; clear:left; width:358px; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-top:0px; font:10px Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; color:#b9b9b9; background-color:#f5f5f5;"> <div style="width:177px; float:left; padding-left:3px;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml">Daily Show Full Episodes</a><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/important_things/index.jhtml">Important Things With Demetri Martin</a></div> <div style="width:177px; float:left;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.indecisionforever.com">Political Humor</a><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jokes.com">Joke of the Day</a></div> <div style="clear:both"></div> </div> <div style="clear:both"></div> </div> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/neuronculture" lang="" about="/neuronculture" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">ddobbs</a></span> <span>Thu, 03/05/2009 - 03:43</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/politics" hreflang="en">Politics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science-policy" hreflang="en">Science Policy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/dailly-show" hreflang="en">Dailly Show</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/harold-varmus" hreflang="en">Harold Varmus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/jon-stewart" hreflang="en">Jon Stewart</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/obama" hreflang="en">Obama</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/politics" hreflang="en">Politics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/science-policy" hreflang="en">Science Policy</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/neuronculture/2009/03/05/harold-varmus-on-daily-show-sh%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:43:15 +0000 ddobbs 143115 at https://www.scienceblogs.com