Archive for October 6, 2008

Support for school vouchers in North Carolina remains mixed, with no majority of respondents in the latest Elon University Poll showing a strong inclination either for or against such a program.

In a nation increasingly influenced by science and technology, public knowledge about both topics remains weak. Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, contends that individuals must understand science in order to make informed choices — and they can have fun in the process.