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The Top Science Questions Facing America: 2012 Edition

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What are the top science questions the candidates for president should answer? We’re not interested in quizzing candidates on the particulars of cell mitosis or the third digit of pi. We want to know their positions on the big science and engineering policy questions that affect all our lives. The questions we will consider most successful will probe the candidates on the broad, important issues of our day around science in an insightful and fair way.

A top science question the candidates for president should answer is:

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  1. Should publicly funded research be made openly available to the public?

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    • How is the US patent system broken? What will you do in the next four years to fix the US patent system?

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      • Should scientific research concerning disasters under litigation be made available to the scientific community more quickly?

        Important research on the environmental impacts of Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon remain in litigation for 10+ years when they could be used to benefit what we know about our coastal environments. Is there anything we should do to change this?

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