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Weekly News Roundup: Here’s Your Proof of Evolution

Reality Base | January 9th, 2009 in Climate Change, Evolution, Science & Religion, The 2008 Election | 88 Comments »

New Chief Technology Officer Points to a Tech-Friendly White House

Reality Base | January 8th, 2009 in Science Goes to Washington, The 2008 Election | 259 Comments »

The Science of Detecting Torture

Reality Base | January 8th, 2009 in Science Goes to Washington, Science in Wartime | 90 Comments »

The Anti-Vax Apocalypse Will Be Televised: Measles Spike in Europe

Reality Base | January 7th, 2009 in Health Care | 143 Comments »

Bad Idea of the Day: Creating “Virtual Parents” for Kids of U.S. Troops

Reality Base | January 7th, 2009 in Science Goes to Washington, Science in Wartime | 85 Comments »

Could Steve Jobs’s Illness Really Be Just a “Hormonal Imbalance”?

Reality Base | January 6th, 2009 in Health Care | 369 Comments »

Don’t Mess With Guyana: President Sics Police on Facebook Impersonator

Reality Base | January 5th, 2009 in Science Goes to Washington | 164 Comments »

Bye Bye Freebies! Drug Companies Ax Free Goodies to Doctors

Reality Base | January 5th, 2009 in Health Care | 209 Comments »

Weekly News Roundup: ‘Twas the Night Before Jan. 20

Reality Base | December 19th, 2008 in Discover's Science Policy Project, The 2008 Election | 143 Comments »

Is Nothing Sacred? Nobel Prize Engulfed in Drug Company Scandal

Reality Base | December 19th, 2008 in Health Care, Science Goes to Washington | 612 Comments »

The Biotech Bailout: A Good Idea?

Reality Base | December 18th, 2008 in Biotech, Science Goes to Washington | 141 Comments »

And Obama’s Science Adviser Is…John Holdren

Reality Base | December 18th, 2008 in Energy, Science & Gender, Science Goes to Washington, The 2008 Election | 99 Comments »

The “Dirty War Index” Shrinks Human Atrocities Into Useful Data

Reality Base | December 17th, 2008 in Science in Wartime | 118 Comments »

Bush Interior Department Official to Endangered Species: $#% You!

Reality Base | December 16th, 2008 in Climate Change, Science Goes to Washington | 227 Comments »

Insert “Superpoke” Pun Here: Facebook Used to Serve Court Documents

Reality Base | December 16th, 2008 in Science in the Courtroom | 1,299 Comments »

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Reality Base is a blog about the interplay between science and politics.

Melissa Lafsky is DISCOVER's deputy Web editor. A former practicing attorney in New York City, she has been an associate editor at The Huffington Post and the editor of The New York Times's Freakonomics blog. She has written for The New York Times, The New York Post, and other publications.

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