politics of science
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It Turns Out That Knowing More About Science Doesn’t Correct Misbelief
When Kevin Esvelt, an evolutionary biologist at MIT, started thinking about using genetically engineered mice to fight Lyme disease, among his first stops was a community meeting in the small Martha’s Vineyard town of Chilmark. Esvelt makes regular field trips to talk to the public about his work. If the potential of tools like CRISPR…
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Why This Evolutionary Biologist Is Planning To Run For US Congress
Michael Eisen would like to teach Washington a thing or two about the scientific method.
