Mark Carney

Want to Fight for Science? Look to South Dakota. No, Really.

We need a permanent grassroots strategy for science before we are buried in Idiocracy.

Nature this week offers a series of terrifying, interactive graphs detailing the Trump Administration’s Idiocratic War on Science. Not only has it butchered federal scientific research grants, but as you can see in this graphic, it has hollowed out the federal scientific workforce – the dedicated professionals who develop data to allow for science-informed policy …

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Canada’s Election: Real Stakes for the Planet

Despite cynical criticisms of no differences between the parties, Carney and the Liberals are an obvious choice.

Nearly four decades ago, New York Times columnist Flora Lewis penned a piece, entitled “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative,” that became infamous in journalistic lore: The New Republic crowned it as the World’s Most Boring Headline because all three words were extremely boring. No more. Donald Trump’s demented economic war against America’s largest trading partner, and his …

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