Chris Mooney is a Prospect senior correspondent and, most recently, author of Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatened Our Future (with Sheril Kirshenbaum).
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Reality Bites
The science-based community once was split between Democrats and Republicans -- but not anymore. Read more
A Dirty Business
Cynically using science to stall policy is the research equivalent of filing frivolous legal motions. Read more
A Really Long Heat Wave
Popular writers and scientists alike are trying to help readers understand climate change, but doing so requires new thinking about the scale of time. Read more
The Manufacture of Uncertainty
In his new book, Doubt is Their Product, David Michaels describes how the corporate practice of "manufacturing uncertainty" has taken over our regulatory system and undermined our health. Read more
This Will Mean the World to Us
Despite decades of delay, the next administration could still move us toward a solution before devastating climate change becomes irreversible. Read more
