Ira Flatow and guests discuss how a presidential science debate can help voters decide if a candidate is up for the job.

Engineering Connections Between Politics and Science for the 21st Century symposium closing address. Presented by Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Science Debate cofounder Shawn Otto

We are becoming increasingly paralyzed at the science gap—the gap between science and democracy. Can democracy survive as a means of self-governance in an age of science?

How do the US presidential candidates view science and technology issues? Why might politically undeclared scientists join the GOP? MSNBC’s Alan Boyle (Cosmic Log) talks with ScienceDebate.org's Shawn Lawrence Otto, author of Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America.

We talk with Shawn Otto, author of Fool Me Twice , in-depth reflection on the importance of building bridges between science and politics. When asked his workshop "Can democracy work in the age of science?" He says yes, but...

Interview with Shawn Otto, author of Fool Me Twice.

What happens when science intersects with politics? Join Sheril Kirshenbaum, co-author of Unscientific America, blogger Greg Laden, and Shawn Otto, author of Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America.

Yellow-rumped Warbler is Gordon’s topic. Joann talks about Polaris—the North Star. Shawn Lawrence Otto author of Fool Me Twice is interviewed about his book about the state of science in the public debate in America.

Shawn talks with Seti's Big Picture Science host Seth Shostak about Fool Me Twice and the history and current state of scientific literacy in the United States. When did we stop trusting science?

Shawn talks with Minnesota Atheists radio show host and science blogger Greg Laden about Fool Me Twice, politics, science's historical relationship with religion, and climate change.

Shawn talks with Access Minnesota radio host Jim du Bois about Fool Me twice, politics, science, religion and education - and why science seems to have become such a partisan political issue when it shouldn't be.

Shawn talks with hosts Lori Lundin and Chris Salcedo about Fool Me Twice, Michael Mann, how science is never partisan but is always political, and attacks on climate science.

Shawn talks about climate change, vaccines and autism, cell phones and brain cancer, and antiscience politics on both left and right - and why candidates are increasingly antiscience.

Shawn's keynote (video) at the publication party for Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America. At the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. 160 people attended. Introduction by CBS/WCCO-TV news anchor Don Shelby.

Shawn Otto tells why he thinks science is under assault in America. Otto, CEO and co-founder of Science Debate 2008, also explains why his "American Science Pledge" for candidates might bring more science into political decision making.

In recent months, political attacks on science have been back in the news. Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman even tweeted, "To be clear, I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy."