Author Michael Crichton considers the quality of science employed in environmental policy.

Review of Michael Crichton's State of Fear.

Debates on scientific issues from genetically modified organisms to climate change have been intense, especially when data are scarce or difficult to interpret. As a society we have trouble resolving these debates in part because the issues are politicized and in part because we lack objective procedures for setting policies...

At the UN climate conference in Buenos Aires, a consensus is building to tackle global warming the right way and not through enviromental extremism.

Sciencepolicy-watchersnow have the President's Council on Bioethics in their crosshairs.

Former vice president Al Gore's global warming claims may be too extreme.

Alarmist climate scientists are increasingly the object of derision by people with enough power to reach even the general public.

In the world of science policy, it is not a matter of truth on one side and distortion on the other. Each side exploits ambiguities and uncertainties to suit its needs.