Science scorned: The journal Nature warns, "The anti-science strain pervading the right wing in the United States is the last thing the country needs in a time of economic challenge."

US citizens face economic problems that are all too real, and the country's future crucially depends on education, science and technology as it faces increasing competition from China and other emerging science powers….  Yet the public often buys into anti-science, anti-regulation agendas that are orchestrated by business interests and their sponsored think tanks and front groups.

That's from a powerful editorial published today by the journal Nature titled, "Science scorned" (subs...