This week in #scipol: COVID-19 and misinformation, air pollution, vaccines, research, oil prices, and academia; Momnibus bill introduced, another person cured of HIV, and more!
Weekly Digest — February 18-24, 2020
This week in #scipol: NASA missions to Venus, Io, or Triton, FY2021 budget request, DNA analysis algorithm frees Houston man, early voting stars in Texas, Ken Paxton sues TPC Group, NEPA and open-access comments needed, and more!
Weekly Digest — February 4-10, 2020
This week in #scipol: benzene pollution in the air, an oil spill, Affordable Care Act news, conflict between utilities and power generators over batteries, and trouble at a Texas university.
Weekly Digest — January 21-27, 2020
This week in #scipol: Texas State Board of Education is reviewing science standards again, Trump era WOTUS rule weakens decades of protections, HPV linked to more cancer, an explosion in Houston, insect conservation, and more!
Weekly Digest — December 10, 2019-January 13, 2020
This month in #scipol: corruption in the US federal and state governments, Australia burns, TCEQ admits leniency, new NSF leader and funding, the National Defense Authorization Act passes, Honolulu bans single-use plastic, and more!
Weekly Digest — October 29-November 4, 2019
This week in #scipol: coal mining in Texas lacks regulation, evidence of corruption, earthquakes increase by more than 1,000, uninsured children in Texas, Trump announces US to leave Paris Agreement, and more!
Weekly Digest — September 24-30, 2019
This week in #scipol: special report from the IPCC warns of ocean warming and permafrost thaw, water contamination from Imelda, Cuba diplomat mystery solved, FY2020 starts, border wall contracts issued, and more!
Weekly Digest — September 17-23, 2019
This week in #scipol: interstellar visitor, University of California divests from fossil fuels and provides healthcare, climate strike, Senate climate caucus, climate denier leaves, birds disappearing, AI in Malawi, and more!
Summer Monthly Digest — June 19-July 12, 2019
This month in #scipol: pollution in Texas, cheap solar power, deforestation in Brazil, defunded university in Alaska, comet lander, exascale computers water in India, Obamacare, gene patents, #MeTooSTEM, trusting scientists, and more!
Weekly Digest — March 26-April 1, 2019
This week in #scipol: red wolves are different from grey wolves, major floods on the way, Israel goes to the moon, anti-vaxx conversations in Texas and Japan, oil drilling banned in Arctic Ocean, HIV in the US, and more!