Yes, Science Is Political
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Photo caption: President Trump meets with California Governor Gavin Newsom on the same trip where he asserted that science doesn’t know that the climate is warming. Credit: Brendan Smialowski Getty Images. Article by Alyssa Shearer, Ingrid Joylyn Paredes, Tiara Ahmad, Christopher Jackson.
Scientists need to acknowledge that fact—and to act on it in these most dire of times
“Science isn’t political.” If you’re in STEM, you’ve likely heard this refrain before; its sentiment might even resonate with you. It may not surprise you that only 43.6 percent of STEM students voted in the last presidential election, compared to 49.2 and 53.2 percent of students in the humanities and social sciences, respectively. […]
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