Science Debate 2008 is an initiative aiming to bring the U.S. Presidential candidates together to discuss the role science plays in all of the issues that dominate the election, U.S society and its citizens.
Why is science important for anyone but the scientists?
"Science as a democratizing activity" is a phrase presented by Dr. Harold Varmus, president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Discussed much more eloquently and passionately than I can do here, the video below is the Charlie Rose Science Series: The Imperative of Science (04/07/2008) with a distinguished panel that includes Dr. Varmus, Shirley Ann Jackson (President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Bruce Alberts (Editor-In-Chief of Science), Lisa Randall (Harvard University), and Sir Paul Nurse (President of Rockefeller University).
View the entire list of episodes of the Charlie Rose Science Series here. Although it is heavily focused on life sciences, and sponsored by Pfizer, it is well worth watching.
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This will putScience and all in perspective....
These Pictures Will Humble Anyone - Guaranteed!
http://www.webxact.co.uk/2008/08/these-pictures-will-humble-anyone.html
For a similar perspective there is a great video, The Pale Blue Dot, at the the Pangea Day website
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