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The senators and representatives who oppose the Green New Deal have accepted several times more fossil fuel money than its supporters.

Senators Opposing Green New Deal Are Drowning in Fossil Fuel Cash

By Dan Robitzski

Air and Space Law professor Michelle Hanlon argues that if we don't draft new laws, the destruction of landmarks that happens on Earth will repeat in space.

Lawyer: People Could Try to Sell the Apollo Moon Footprints

By Dan Robitzski

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly announced Tuesday that he's running for Senate in Arizona — and positioned himself as a defender of science.

NASA Astronaut Runs for Senate, Warns Of “Retreat From Science”

By Jon Christian

The future of drug policy? A new bill in the Senate would mark a tectonic state in the United States' drug law by legalizing marijuana nationwide.

Health & Medicine

New Senate Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationwide

By Jon Christian

Yesterday, the left wing of the U.S. Democratic party unveiled a broad-spectrum plan to fight climate change called the "Green New Deal."

Here’s What AOC’s Friends and Enemies Are Saying About the “Green New Deal”

By Jon Christian

A team of four universities is working on the comprehensive guide to all existing space law, a field they argue is currently too jumbled to make sense of.

These Four Universities Are Trying to Figure Out Space Law

By Dan Robitzski

For the past three decades, NASA and Russia's Roscosmos have operated as equals. But now it seems that NASA may have outgrown its Russian counterpart.

Russia and America’s Long Space Partnership Could Soon Fall Apart

By Dan Robitzski

Leaked documents showing how Facebook controls speech online raise deep questions about the future of the company's role in international discourse.

Leaked Documents Show How Facebook Controls Speech Across the Globe

By Jon Christian

The United States Has One Last Chance to Restore Net Neutrality

The United States Has One Last Chance to Restore Net Neutrality

By Dan Robitzski

Decades Of Scientific Research Does, In Fact, Suggest Breastfeeding Is Best for Babies

Decades Of Scientific Research Does, In Fact, Suggest Breastfeeding Is Best for Babies

By Dan Robitzski

Net Neutrality Is Officially Gone. Here’s How This Will Affect You.

Net Neutrality Is Officially Gone. Here’s How This Will Affect You.

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla Gets Green Light To Create The World’s Largest Virtual Solar Plant In South Australia

Tesla Gets Green Light To Create The World’s Largest Virtual Solar Plant In South Australia

By Dan Robitzski

The White House AI Task Force Wants To Open the AI Floodgates. Here’s How They Should Do It.

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The White House AI Task Force Wants To Open the AI Floodgates. Here’s How They Should Do It.

By Dan Robitzski

New York’s Attorney General Begins Inquiry Into Cryptocurrency Practices

New York’s Attorney General Begins Inquiry Into Cryptocurrency Practices

By Dan Robitzski

Actually, Social Media Isn’t An Echo Chamber

Actually, Social Media Isn’t An Echo Chamber

By Victor Tangermann

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California Takes a Stand Against Trump’s Offshore Oil Plan

By Lou Del Bello

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Universal Basic Income

Experts Say Basic Income Could Reach Mainstream Politics in 2018

By Chelsea Gohd

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Enough Is Enough. We Need to Elect More Scientists to Congress.

By Kristin Houser

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The US Needs “Civic Social Networks” Where Elected Officials and the Public Can Engage

By Chelsea Gohd

Bill Nye: “I Predict No One Is Going To Want To Settle on Mars”

Bill Nye: “I Predict No One Is Going To Want To Settle on Mars”

By Alexandra Ossola

The White House Gave the CDC a List of Forbidden Words — Including “Evidence-Based”

Health & Medicine

The White House Gave the CDC a List of Forbidden Words — Including “Evidence-Based”

By Chelsea Gohd

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The FCC Just Killed Net Neutrality

By Alexandra Ossola

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A U.S. Political Candidate Just Pledged to Make All Decisions via an App Poll

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Another U.S. Government Website Has Removed References to Climate Change

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Could an AI Ever Be Elected President?

By Chelsea Gohd

Here’s Why Experts Think Universal Basic Income Will Never Work

Universal Basic Income

Here’s Why Experts Think Universal Basic Income Will Never Work

By Chelsea Gohd

Bill Nye Just Wrote an Open Letter to the Trump Administration About NASA

Bill Nye Just Wrote an Open Letter to the Trump Administration About NASA

By Chelsea Gohd

5 Ways That Technology is Transforming Politics in the Age of Trump

5 Ways That Technology is Transforming Politics in the Age of Trump

By Kristin Houser

Why Science Absolutely Needs a Place in Politics

Why Science Absolutely Needs a Place in Politics