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Archives: science
![Turkey abandons High Tech Future by Banning Teaching of Evolution](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/turkey-abandons-high-tech-future-187x137.jpg)
![N. American Scholars of Mideast react to SCOTUS Decision on Trump Muslim Ban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/n-american-scholars-of-mideast-r-187x137.jpg)
N. American Scholars of Mideast react to SCOTUS Decision on Trump Muslim Ban
Middle East Studies Association of North America | - - On Monday, June 26, 2017, the United States Supreme Court issued a limited stay in the case that MESA has joined as…![Also Fired: Scientists at Environmental Protection Agency Review Board](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/also-fired-scientists-at-environ-187x137.jpg)
Also Fired: Scientists at Environmental Protection Agency Review Board
Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian | ( The Young Turks) | (Video Report) | - - "Scott Pruitt has let go of scientists and replaced them with industry types. Cenk Uygur and…![Planet Ravagers: How Trump & GOP are like Aliens in “Independence Day”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/planet-ravagers-how-trump-gop-ar-187x137.jpg)
Planet Ravagers: How Trump & GOP are like Aliens in “Independence Day”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - "They're like locusts. They're moving from planet to planet, their entire civilization. Once they consume every natural resource, they move on." — President…![As Scientists March, Will Trump give away US Science Lead to China?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/as-scientists-march-will-trump-g-187x137.jpg)
As Scientists March, Will Trump give away US Science Lead to China?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The marches for science in the United States and around the world are an expression of alarm about the Trump administration's budget proposals,…![Making us Less Safe: Trump bloating Pentagon Budget, cutting Diplomacy, Science](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/making-us-less-safe-trump-bloati-187x137.jpg)
Making us Less Safe: Trump bloating Pentagon Budget, cutting Diplomacy, Science
By Miriam Pemberton | OtherWords | - - Throwing money at the Pentagon while gutting other programs that protect Americans shouldn't make anyone feel safer. Millions of Americans are feeling uneasy, disgruntled,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/gemini-1-187x137.jpg)
Image of the Day: Gemini Constellation, As Seen in the Heavens, Iran,1630
New York Public Library | Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Gemini, as seen in the heavens. Mirror image of f. 91?" Tarjumah-i suwar al-kawâkib (Translation of "Images of the Planets").…![Give us your Huddled Scientists: France woos US Climate Researchers, Inventors in age of Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/give-us-your-huddled-scientists-187x137.jpg)
Give us your Huddled Scientists: France woos US Climate Researchers, Inventors in age of Trump
By Frédéric Simon | EurActiv.com | - - The United States of America. Home of the free. Land of the brave. And, until Donald Trump became president, a beacon of science, research…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/nationalpark-1.jpg_1718483346-1-187x137.jpg)
US Government Scientists Go ‘Rogue’ in Defiance of Trump
TeleSur | - - Twitter accounts are being used as a tool of resistance to fight censorship and bring reliable scientific information to the public. Employees from more than a dozen U.S.…![White College Students Angry they originated in Africa](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/white-college-students-angry-the-187x137.jpg)
White College Students Angry they originated in Africa
TeleSur | - - A group of white students at Texas State University stormed out of anthropology class Friday after the professor explained all humans were descended from Africa. The walkout caused…![Rep. Stephen King, White People and ‘Civilization’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/rep-stephen-king-white-people-an-187x137.jpg)
Rep. Steve King, White People and ‘Civilization’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Rep. Steve King objected to a comment during a cable news discussion at MSNBC that this will be the last election dominated by…![Canada’s Trudeau explains Quantum Computing, as GOP candidates boast science illiteracy,](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/canadas-trudeau-explains-quantum-187x137.jpg)
Canada’s Trudeau explains Quantum Computing, as GOP candidates boast science illiteracy,
CBC | (Video News Report) | - - "Justin Trudeau responds to a flip question from reporter with a good-natured, not-so-flip answer." CBC News: "PM schools reporter on quantum computing during press…![Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/can-morocco-create-a-new-middle-187x137.jpg)
Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?
By Moha Ennaji | ( Project Syndicate) | - - FEZ – The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North Africa. Having seen severe price declines in…![Toward a New Islamic Golden Age through Science](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/toward-a-new-islamic-golden-age-187x137.jpg)
Toward a New Islamic Golden Age through Science
By Nidhal Guessoum | (Project Syndicate) | - - SHARJAH – The Muslim world’s past contributions to science and education were extraordinary. The Islamic “golden age” – during which scholarship and learning…![8,000 Suddenly Dead Birds in Alaska; What does it Mean](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/8000-suddenly-dead-birds-in-alas-187x137.jpg)
8,000 Suddenly Dead Birds in Alaska; What does it Mean?
AJ+ | - - "The death of about 8,000 Alaskan birds might be due to unusually warm waters. “Seabirds are indicators of the health of the ecosystem. Now they’re dying, and that…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/image8-750x563-187x137.jpg)
Top 5 Things for which We should be grateful to Arabic Writing
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - When a teacher in rural Augusta county, Virginia, decided to expose her students to the Arabic script (a piece of calligraphy writing out…![How SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Could Boost Commercial Space Travel](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/how-spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-coul-187x137.jpg)
How SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Could Boost Commercial Space Travel
ABC News | (Video News Report) | - - "SpaceX founder Elon Musk says that the ability to reuse rockets, like its Falcon 9, will dramatically reduce future launch costs." ABC: "How…![Are Red Meat & Bacon As Cancer-Causing As Cigarettes and Plutonium?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/are-red-meat-bacon-as-cancer-cau-187x137.jpg)
Are Red Meat & Bacon As Cancer-Causing As Cigarettes and Plutonium?
By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Processed meats have been placed in the same health risk category as smoking and asbestos by the cancer research body of the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/image-20151008-9675-1erq4z6-187x137.jpg)
How Syria is becoming a test bed for high-tech weapons of electronic warfare
David Stupples | (The Conversation) | - - The relationship between Russia and the West is becoming increasingly dangerous with potential flashpoints developing in both eastern Europe and Syria. After repeated incursions…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701052710im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/CCdpTpTUsAA8xaC-187x137.jpg)