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Most recent columns
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Financial planning - Premium content
An impasse over the budget and the impending presidential election mean that US science spending will likely be frozen for months, David Goldston reports.
6 August 2008
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Getting it across - Premium content
Scientists need a carefully crafted strategy to catch the attention of policy-makers. David Goldston explains.
2 July 2008
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A delicate balance - Premium content
Near-term and long-term research are vying for attention. David Goldston says that a fuller congressional debate is needed.
11 June 2008
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Demonstrably wrong - Premium content
Public-private demonstration projects are a good way to test technology in the field. But the driving force is often more political than scientific, argues David Goldston.
30 April 2008
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Hazy reasoning behind clean air - Premium content
Science alone can't determine how regulations are written, argues David Goldston.
2 April 2008
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The scientist delusion - Premium content
Religious resistance to science is often exaggerated, but fresh problems may lie ahead, says David Goldston.
5 March 2008
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A debatable proposition - Premium content
Having the US presidential candidates face off over science issues could backfire, David Goldston argues.
6 February 2008
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Shattered illusions - Premium content
Last-minute cuts to the research budget have left US scientists nervous about future funding. David Goldston looks at what Congress and the president might do next.
23 January 2008
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Small advances - Premium content
Most people agree that the environmental and health effects of nanoparticles need a lot more study. David Goldston looks at why so little progress has been made.
19 December 2007
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Political climate - Premium content
American legislators are getting started on the first laws to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions. But Congress has a long way to go, says David Goldston.
14 November 2007
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