How Thomas Jefferson Defended U.S. with a Moose - Lee Dugatkin, Slate

It wasn’t as if Thomas Jefferson didn’t have more pressing matters to attend to. He was governor of Virginia, then minister plenipotentiary to France. And, oh yes, there was...

Has Science Outgrown Democracy? - Shawn Lawrence Otto, Science Friday

"Whenever the people are well-informed," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "they can be trusted with their own government." If you are in Washington D.C., you can step inside Jefferson's library...

First Global Warming Debate Was in 1799 - Hank Campbell, Science 2.0

As I wrote in Like Freedom? Thank A Scientist - How Science Made America Possible, during the meetings of the the Continental Congress during independence discussions, Thomas Jefferson...