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But through all the talk, little focus has been paid to issues involving science and technology, argue the organizers of a grassroots coalition called Science Debate 2008.Backed by 21 Nobel laureates and more than 12,000 scientists and business leaders, the group is calling for clear answers from the top presidential candidates on issues related to science and technology.It amazing that no one is talking about these issues, which I believe are the most important issues facing America, said Matthew Chapman, a journalist, screenwriter and one of the project main organizers who, it so happens, is also Charles Darwin great great grandson.Questions, which would be decided by a non-partisan panel of scientists, would focus on policy issues and could range from air pollution to childhood diabetes to the impact of technological innovation on an ailin
stanley cup g economy. It won ;t be a science quiz, organizers have promised. They are quick to emphasize that their aim is to reach across party lines to provide a venue
stanley cup for discussion of these issues.Some possible topics include: How will the next president of the United States encourage scientific and technological competitiveness What emphasis will the next president place on science education
stanley cup What should be done about threats to global water supplies What should be done about climate change The growing list of supporters reads like a who who of science. Endorsers include science heavy Wcsm Freezing temperatures in Syria s Idlib province compounds crisis
Watch Tuesday CDC news conference discussing the first diagnosed U.S. case of EbolaThe first ever case of Ebola in the U.S. has been diagnosed in Dallas.Centers for Disease Control Director Tom Frieden confirmed the diagnosis in a news conference Tuesday afternoon. The patient, only identified as a male, traveled from Liberia and arrived in the U.S. on Sept. 20, but did not start showing symptoms until four days later. The patient was later admit
yeezy ted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on Sunday, Sept. 28, and put under isolation and treatment.The patient had traveled to Texas to visit family members living in the U.S., Frieden said. There was no other information released as to the identity or the status of his conditon, other than that he was critically ill
stanley cup at this point and under intensive care. While all other patients treated for Ebola have been sent to Emory University in Atlanta, Frieden said there were no plans to transfer the most-recent patient from the Dallas hospital.The CDC, along with Dallas County Health and Human Services, will now follow procedure for contact tracing in or
af1 der to identify all possible persons who may be at risk for Ebola infection because of direct contact with the Dallas patient. Since the patient did not start exhibiting symptoms until four days after flying to the U.S. on a commercial airliner, Frieden said there was zero risk of transmission on the flight.Ebola is a scary disease because of the severity
