At Ars Technica, More Focus on the AAAS Religion Panel

At the popular site Ars Technica, science editor John Timmer pens a detailed summary of the “Communicating Science in a Religious America” panel held at last month’s AAAS meetings. The […]

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Matthew C. Nisbet

August 16, 2010

At the popular site Ars Technica, science editor John Timmer pens a detailed summary of the “Communicating Science in a Religious America” panel held at last month’s AAAS meetings. The article is also picked up by Slashdot.

Matthew C. Nisbet

Associate Professor of Communication, Northeastern University

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