- Trump Just Picked An EPA Leader Who Writes Books Of “Science-Bible Stories” And Has Ties To The Chemical Industry https://www.buzzfeed.com/zahrahirji/michael-dourson-writes-science-bible-books 28 comments politics
- Europe spat will weaken research - science leaders https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59729638 12 comments worldnews
- Christian Leaders Call On Fellow Believers To Take Science Seriously During The Pandemic https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christian-statement-covid-19-biologos_n_5f3ebd0fc5b6763e5dc07d9f 56 comments politics
- EU leaders slash science spending in €1.8 trillion deal https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/eu-leaders-slash-science-spending-18-trillion-deal 40 comments europe
- Climate experts demand world leaders stop ‘walking away from the science’ https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/20/davos-experts-urge-world-leaders-to-listen-to-climate-change-science.html 2023 comments worldnews
- Hungary's Leader Orban Bans Gender Studies in All Universities Because It's 'Not a Science' https://www.newsweek.com/hungarys-leader-orban-bans-gender-studies-all-universities-because-its-not-1174069 1145 comments worldnews
- Harrison Ford urges voters to 'stop electing leaders who don't believe in science' http://theweek.com/speedreads/795876/harrison-ford-urges-voters-stop-electing-leaders-who-dont-believe-science 2527 comments politics
- 7 Recommendations for Data Science Leaders (in the Game Industry) https://medium.com/@bgweber/7-recommendations-for-data-science-leaders-in-the-game-industry-3d82d45746d2 4 comments datascience
- Science Leader No More? China Challenges US Dominance https://www.livescience.com/59507-china-science-catching-up-to-usa.html 3 comments politics
- How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/us/politics/republican-leaders-climate-change.html?emc=edit_nn_20170605&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=51816026&te=1&_r=0 10 comments politics
- How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/us/politics/republican-leaders-climate-change.html 26 comments politics
- How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/us/politics/republican-leaders-climate-change.html?_r=0&referer= 22 comments politics
- Science AMA Series: I am Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis, a junior group leader in the University of Kassel, Germany. Our group of Biotechnology focuses on Enzyme Technology and Development of Biocatalytic Applications. Anyone interested on the topics is welcome to AMA! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4y576k/science_ama_series_i_am_dr_ioannis_pavlidis_a/ 60 comments science
- Leonardo DiCaprio: 'Vote For Leaders Who Understand the Science and Urgency of Climate Change' http://www.ecowatch.com/leonardo-dicaprio-vote-leaders-understand-science-of-climate-change-1949967657.html 369 comments politics
- Checking Ted Cruz's climate science denial howlers | These are people who fancy themselves as the leader of the “free world” but think every science academy in the world together with the world’s thermometers, tide gauges and glaciers are all engaged in an elaborate hoax. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2016/feb/11/checking-ted-cruzs-climate-science-denial-clangers 9 comments politics
- Climate experts warn world leaders 1.5C is ‘real science’, not just talking point https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/climate-experts-warn-world-leaders-15c-is-real-science-not-just-talking-point 15 comments climate
- DiCaprio calls out Trump, world leaders on climate change: "Our future is being gambled away, and our leaders, those whom we entrust to protect us and set the example, are either failing to stop these dangerous trends or, in some cases, denying the very science of this climate catastrophe" https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/463598-leonardo-dicaprio-calls-out-trump-world-leaders-on-climate 786 comments worldnews
- Trump's denial of climate science at odds with world leaders | If elected president, Donald Trump would be the only head of state in the world to contend that climate change is a hoax, according to a study. http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_campaign_2016_trump_climate_change?site=ap&section=home&template=default 132 comments politics
- Inside GOP science policy, Part 3: climate change. GOP science leader on climate change: We still don't have enough data! http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-inside-gop-science-climate-change-20150304-column.html#page=1 4 comments politics
- The ocean is swallowing up Virginia so rapidly that its leaders are forgetting to bicker about the science behind climate change http://qz.com/228284/the-ocean-is-swallowing-up-virginia-so-rapidly-that-its-leaders-are-forgetting-to-bicker-about-climate-change/ 4 comments politics
- Climate summit leader said there’s ‘no science’ behind need to phase out fossil fuels, alarming scientists https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/03/climate/cop28-al-jaber-fossil-fuel-phase-out/index.html 15 comments worldnews
- The Reason Some Republicans Mistrust Science: Their Leaders Tell Them To https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-reason-some-republicans-mistrust-science-their-leaders-tell-them-to/ 78 comments politics
- 'We’re basing this on science': Ohio emerges as leader in U.S. coronavirus response https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/14/coronavirus-ohio-emerges-leader-u-s-coronavirus-response/5049489002/ 191 comments politics
- Science too complicated, says BJP leader Rajiv Pratap https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/science-too-complicated-says-bjp-leader-rajiv-pratap-763788.html 6 comments india
- Pope Francis, who has a strong belief in the science of climate change, called upon world leaders on Wednesday to "listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor, who suffer most because of the unbalanced ecology." https://www.ecowatch.com/pope-francis-climate-change-2479496671.html 3947 comments worldnews
- Iranian scientists cloned a goat; the effort is part of Iran's quest to become a leader in science and medicine. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30233385/ 7 comments worldnews
- Religious Fundamentalists Are Making the Pandemic Worse | In the US and abroad, leaders are putting faith before good science. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/religious-fundamentalists-coronavirus-pandemic/ 66 comments politics
- Leaders of democratic nations actually have stronger incentives to start and exacerbate conflicts with other countries than their autocratic counterparts, suggests a new Caltech study published by the American Journal of Political Science. http://www.caltech.edu/news/democracies-more-prone-start-wars-except-when-theyre-not-82879 146 comments science
- Hillary Clinton: Floridians deserve clean water | No one should get sick as a result of their governor's negligence. And we can't elect leaders who don't believe in science. That's a risk Americans — and Floridians — just can't afford to take. http://www.tcpalm.com/opinion/guest-columns/hillary-clinton-floridians-deserve-clean-water-3a4573b0-20c0-7d34-e053-0100007f6d89-390469971.html?d=mobile 354 comments politics
- Scotland risks a reputation as being “anti-science” over a controversial ban recently imposed on genetically modified (GM) crops, scientific leaders have warned. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scotland-risks-being-anti-science-with-gm-ban-1-3896913 24 comments worldnews
- Is it just me, or does it seem that Rabbis are the only religious leaders that continue to evaluate the current state of the world and science and make plausible arguments for (their) religious cause? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-adam-jacobs/a-reasonable-argument-for_b_831185.html 10 comments reddit.com
- Obama: "[Y]ou travel around Europe and you talk to leaders of governments and the opposition, and they are arguing about a whole bunch of things. One thing they're not arguing about is whether the science of climate change is real and whether or not we're going to have to do something about it." https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/12/01/on-climate-change-republicans-are-truly-exceptional/ 395 comments politics
- When science replaces God: Indonesia's deadliest volcano recently killed its gatekeeper, a spiritual leader who told locals that he could speak to the volcano and predict its behavior. The new gatekeeper: a vulcanologist. (Video) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec10/volcano_12-02.html 396 comments science
- One year after President Trump’s election, these 11 science and tech posts in government are still lacking leaders. Some of the jobs — like overseeing self-driving cars — have no nominees at all. https://www.recode.net/2017/11/11/16619956/president-donald-trump-science-technology-open-jobs-federal-goverment-nominees 2208 comments technology
- The leaders of the only private university in North Korea (the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology) has asked Texas A&M University, known for its agricultural economics and public health programs, for help in teaching subjects such as how to grow food in a land of chronic shortages. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-texas-northkorea-university-idukkbn15e2kc?rpc=401& 329 comments worldnews
- New federal science guidelines restore integrity by repealing laws muzzling scientists on federally funded projects and allowing politically appointed leaders to change reports. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2013991065_edit21science.html?prmid=op_ed 5 comments politics
- DNA taken from a lock of hair has been used to back up a man’s claim that he is the great-grandson of legendary Native American leader Sitting Bull. Reporting in the journal Science Advances, scientists used a new method that can analyze family lineages. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/dna-confirms-living-greatgrandson-of-legendary-sitting-bull-in-firstofitskind-study/ 388 comments science
- American leaders should read their official climate science report - It paints a bleak picture of the consequences of climate denial. For those who say dealing with it is too expensive, they repeat a myth. In fact, ignoring climate change is much more expensive then dealing with it. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/nov/27/american-leaders-should-read-their-official-climate-science-report 35 comments worldnews
- Science AMA Series: I’m Sarah O’Connor, Professor and Project Leader in Biological Chemistry at the John Innes Centre in the UK. I do research to discover how plants produce medicines and to engineer strains of microbes and plants that produce these compounds. AMA! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/5aw5mw/science_ama_series_im_sarah_oconnor_professor_and/ 490 comments science
- Indiana Republican-controlled Senate panel OKs creationism teaching bill despite pleas from scientists and religious leaders to keep religion out of science classrooms. http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/jan/26/indiana-senate-panel-oks-creationism-teaching-bill/ 193 comments politics