Well, (and this is a forlorn hope) it would be helpful to report on the ongoing debate over science and policy without treating climate change like a rancorous "he said, she said" political debate.
Not for the first time developments in science have outpaced the debate from legislators.
If the past presages the future, the Vatican may play a critical role in shaping the ongoing debate over climate science and climate policy.
The values debate and the science are inextricably linked.
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Much as Mr. Perry drew fire for his contention in last week's debate that the science behind global warming hasn't been proven, Mr. Reagan was attacked for his contention that forests' hydrocarbon production was as big a contributor to smog as were machines.
"Science is only part of the debate for public policy-makers who want to consider the societal cost of loosing those dams, but societal cost is not considered in the Endangered Species Act, " Levy said.
Like Prozac before it, Seasonale looks likely to fuel the debate on just how far science should interfere with Mother Nature.
While climate science is more complex than most previous political controversies implicating science, the parameters of the public debate have followed a familiar pattern.
The festival takes place in Salford, Greater Manchester, on Wednesday and Thursday and will include a debate on the relationship between science and religion between Professor Richard Dawkins and the country's Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks.
As a result, the integrity or lack of integrity of climate-change science has taken center stage in the popular debate over climate policy.
Carwyn Jones AM made the statement whilst leading the Welsh government debate on its strategic agenda for science and innovation - 'Science for Wales'.
You can see more on The Aspirin Debate - with Newsnight's science editor, Susan Watts, on BBC Two at 22:30 BST on Monday.
What started as a technical revision has turned into a full-blown public debate on the way we use science to change nature and what that means for our health and the environment.
That unpleasant thumbnail touches on a debate that has been brewing in science and journalism circles for a long time, though recently it has been percolating to the surface in blog posts, tweets, and flaming Facebook entries.
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But rather than trawl through the social sciences side of this debate, why not look at the hard science side?
The post went on to outline the efforts that are underway that may add evidence to the debate, namely the space missions Kepler and the Mars Science Laboratory.
But David Willetts, who is Conservative MP for Havant, and the cabinet minister for Universities and Science, said that was the wrong way to approach the devolution debate.
And of course the other, more important debate, happening outside of the rarefied halls of the science establishment is whether in these difficult economic times the large injection of funding for science can continue.
While I have yet to digest all of the dozen or so essays, I suspect they are only the opening salvo in what is will soon become a robust debate about the significance of uncertainty in climate-change science.
International scientific experts, policy makers, business people, media and the general public will have an opportunity to share opinions and debate on new breakthroughs occurring in the continuously evolving world of science.
Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome for the sections Open Forum (any topic within the domain of the journal), Continuing Debate (following earlier thematic discussions), or The Social Science Sphere (professional questions of the social sciences).
Pope, who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978, with a degree in political science, and who has a law degree from Duke University, relishes debate and conflict with his opponents.
The Tyler Award recognizes the contribution of Dr Wall's work to the climate change debate and how it has raised awareness of an area of science that has often lacked the popular appeal of ocean conservation and space exploration.
The stakes in the global-warming debate are much too high to ignore this observational evidence and declare the science settled.
This aversion to actually answering questions seems to have dominated the debate over health care reform, and I see it in discussions of other science-based issues, such as climate change, as well.
There's a debate on a report by the Lords Communications Committee on broadband, and on a Science and Technology Committee report on Higher Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
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Once the industry engages and constructively contributes to the ongoing energy debate, they will do what they have always done: tackle the problem using good science, good engineering, innovation and responsible business practices.
Or Al Gore about the stories he told in the first presidential debate in 2000, including the one about student who had no space to sit in her science class.
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