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Published online 6 February 2008 | Nature 451, 621 (2008) | doi:10.1038/451621a
Column: Party of One
A debatable proposition
Having the US presidential candidates face off over science issues could backfire, David Goldston argues.
Scientists pride themselves on being independent thinkers, yet that trait isn't always apparent when it comes to politics. Take, for example, the current web-based petition to push the US presidential candidates to hold a 'science debate' ("http://www.
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