IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS

[Susan Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

From: WHAT'S NEW   Robert L. Park   Friday, 7 Jul 00   Washington, DC

> SCIENCE INDICATORS: JOURNALISTS SAY, "IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS." 
> We are always seeking ways to interest the public in science. 
> The solution may be to have more disasters.  Indeed, the most
> closely followed science-related news stories of the past 15
> years are all disasters.  According to "Science and Engineering
> Indicators 2000," recently released by NSF, the top story was the
> Challenger explosion, followed by earthquakes, floods, blizzards,
> droughts, heat waves, epidemics and Chernobyl.  No wonder "The
> Perfect Storm" is number one at the box office and on the best
> seller lists.  After disasters came space exploration, led by the
> Hubble Space Telescope (tied with breast implants) and the
> Pathfinder mission to Mars.  Interest in space exploration is
> consistent with the finding (also in "Indicators") that 70% of
> Americans now know the Earth goes around the Sun.

This should be food for thought for HPs.  "But LOW radiation exposures
are probably safe ..."  The last sentence of the article reveals the
real problem in this country.

Opinions expressed are my own
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