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431 Posts by ldm_dc
CRS report: STEM Workforce ( pdf) ~ Not much evidence of a engineer or scientist shortage
fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43061.pdf
New #CRS report analyzes #STEM workforce http://t.co/2MCiRbmoXR #SciPolicy #SciencePolicy h/t @saftergood
U.S. Lawmaker Proposes New Criteria for Choosing NSF Grants - ScienceInsider
news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/us-lawmaker-proposes-new-criteri-1.html
@LamarSmithTX21 "has drafted a bill that, in effect, would replace peer review" at NSF... http://t.co/cLytZGgcBl #SciPolicy #SciencePolicy
Lawmaker blasts colleague over perceived intrusion into social science funding | Inside Higher Ed
insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/29/lawmaker-blast...-over-perceived-intrusion-social-science-funding
@RepEBJ defends peer review: "most effective & creative process for awarding research funds in the world" http://t.co/i4GnGYHQs9 #SciPolicy
The ‘Broader Impacts’ of Sequestration on Science
scienceprogress.org/2013/04/the-%E2%80%98broader-impacts%E2%80%99-of-sequestration-on-science/
philosopher argues that philosophers should sit on NSF grant proposal review panels http://t.co/bLfoycH6gi #SciPolicy #SciencePolicy
Israel Says Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons
nytimes.com/2013/04/24/world/middleeast/israel-says-syria-has-used-chemical-weapons.html
Israeli general: Syria "has increasingly used chemical weapons” "...without any appropriate reaction” http://t.co/Mn1zhEsyjb #biosecurity
We are still saving British science from Margaret Thatcher
nature.com/news/we-are-still-saving-british-science-from-margaret-thatcher-1.12800
Lesson from Thatcher-era science policy: "the economic impact of research is far from its only value" http://t.co/uTgkG5pili #SciPolicy
US ricin attacks are more scary than harmful
nature.com/news/us-ricin-attacks-are-more-scary-than-harmful-1.12834
BioWeapons expert: “I can’t imagine that #ricin in an envelope is going to hurt anybody” http://t.co/ANo8dEw4fU #biosecurity
Soligenix to Present at World Vaccine Congress & Expo - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130416-905279.html
Soligenix is developing a vaccine "to protect against the lethal effects of exposure to #ricin toxin" http://t.co/bOdoKshwyw #biosecurity
Ricin: What is it?
nature.com/news/ricin-what-is-it-1.12819
Quick review of #ricin by @Erika_Check @NatureNews: "3 mg of inhaled ricin can kill an adult" http://t.co/QzWkdvSQtQ #biosecurity
UPDATED: Wicker Votes To End Filibuster Of Gun Control Bill | Daily Ledes
blogs.clarionledger.com/samrhall/2013/04/11/wicker-votes-to-end-filibuster-of-gun-control-bill/
Flashback: wicker voted to end the filibuster on gun bill "backlash will be brutal" http://t.co/uNZsyrxGoy #biosecurity
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