Today Barack Obama answered 14 major questions about the future of science in America.  Both Barack Obama and the GOP nominee, John McCain, were invited to submit responses.   John McCain has indicated that he too will answer the questions and I will post those responses when they become available.
Directly from ScienceDebate2008:
Barack Obama’s answers to the [...]

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SciVee rolled out a new way to disseminate your scientific findings in the web 2.0 world: POSTERCASTS! Read more about SciVee here, meet SciVee partners here and get a project overview here.
SciVee, a Web 2.0 resource dedicated to the dissemination of scientific research and science-specific research networking, is adding an innovative new video feature called [...]

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The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a welcome addition on the scientific communication stage. JoVE is “a peer reviewed, open access, online journal devoted to the publication of biological research in a video format” and offers an elegant approach to traditional publishing models. Jove offers videos from such categories as Basic Protocols, [...]

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The papers of Paul Berg have recently been added to the NLM® Profiles in Science Web site. This website highlights the work of some of the most significant biomedical researchers of the 20th century.

American biochemist Paul Berg (b. 1926) has been making outstanding contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology for over fifty years. As [...]

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In her article, “Taken for Granted: The Fat Lady Sings,” Science writer Beryl Lieff Benderly discusses past attempts of postdoc unionization as well as the future of the newest, largest postdoc union, known as PRO/UAW (Postdoctoral Researchers Organize/International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America):

In 2006, union organizers tried and failed to [...]

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