BARACK OBAMA has proved that politicians do sometimes listen to scientists. The Democratic presidential candidate last week penned his answers to 14 science questions posed by a consortium of scientific organisations.
By the end of 2007, over 38,000 Americans, including Nobel laureates and organisations such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, had signed on to , a grass-roots initiative to spur US political debate about science and technology. Its six founders, which include Charles Darwin鈥檚 great-great grandson Matthew Chapman and creationism critic and physicist Lawrence Krauss, condensed 3400 questions down to 14 for the presidential candidates to answer.
On Monday . He says that if elected president he will attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, reintroduce federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, and make changes to science education and research funding to maintain the US鈥檚 competitive edge. His answers also address space technology and healthcare.
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