Countdown to November 4th Elections
This is it, folks. If you're eligible to vote in the November 4th U.S. elections, be sure to make your voice heard.
Familiarize yourself with candidates' support of scientific research and education: the Scientists and Engineers for America and ScienceDebate2008 websites are among the best sources for this information.
Consider, for example, what kind of administration and policies we need to have in place next January in order to be responsive to the forthcoming National Academies report, "A New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring that the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution." This report, scheduled to come out in 2009 (initial report by February, followed by public commentary, then the final report by October), will:
"...examine the current state of biological research in the United States and recommend how best to capitalize on recent technological and scientific advances that have allowed biologists to integrate biological research findings, collect and interpret vastly increased amounts of data, and predict the behavior of complex biological systems."
(quoting from the report's project scope -- for the rest of the scope, click here).
Above all, on November 4th, think of your country and your fellow citizens and VOTE.