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Millions of ‘Climate Refugees’ Displaced from Their Homes
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Dr. Robert Dottin Director Robert Dottin highlights the upcoming national election, articles on the coming green economy’s potential benefits for underrepresented populations, and the achievements of several minority scientists.
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Evolutionary medicine can provide a long-term perspective on why diseases exist, and offers fundamental insights into the nature of disease that can help to treat it.

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Healthcare has been a major focus of the 2008 U.S. presidential election, and the candidates have addressed the issue in different ways. What do you think is the best approach to provide healthcare for all Americans?
 The government should fund a single payer universal health care system as most industrialized nations have in place.
 The current system is fine, but needs to be expanded to cover more individuals.
 The government should mandate health insurance for all citizens and subsidize coverage for all those who are not insured. (The government contributes as well as the individual.)
 The government should not mandate health insurance for all citizens, but should provide coverage for all citizens who opt-in, if they request insurance. (The government contributes, and the individual can contribute if they so chose.)
 Free-market solutions should be allowed to run their course. Governmental intervention will unnecessarily encumber the system.



The Insider
Clifford Houston Completes His Term as President of the American Society for Microbiology
The University of Texas Medical Branch professor will continue to serve ASM as the society’s immediate past president.
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Erich Jarvis Becomes a Howard Hughes Investigator
Duke University professor receives “freedom” to conduct his research.
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Green Jobs May Offer a Way Out of Poverty and Resolve Injustices
A San Francisco State University researcher studies the potential benefits of the green revolution for low income communities.
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Is America Driving You Crazy?
University of Washington senior lecturer Stephen Bezruchka discusses the affects of social hierarchy on mental health.
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McCain vs Obama: Who will end the war on science?
As the presidential election nears, several organizations press the candidates on the importance of science. Courtesy of New Scientist.
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