The presidential campaigns are heating up, and we're still hearing very little about science. Will we? Three weeks ago, Science featured a special section devoted to candidates’ opinions and views on science. Unfortunately, some of those articles are available only to subscribers.
Not so at Physics Today, which is published by the American Institute of Physics. At the web site, you can read about the major candidates and their official positions on topics related to science. Physics Today posed six questions to the major contenders; the topics for the questions included science education, teaching evolution, nuclear weapons, science investment, energy policy and climate change. The answers to the questions are pulled from the candidates’ web sites.
Do you know of other publications tracking the candidates' views on science? Let me know in the "comments" section. Here's a link to the "climate change" section of the New York Times Election Guide.
And if you're not sure which candidate you should throw support, play “Choose Your Candidate” at the Washington Post here.
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