Carl Franzen
at 15:48 PM Jan 13 2016
Science // 

President Obama gave his seventh and final annual State of the Union address for his two terms as president tonight, and he took to the opportunity to include numerous science and tech references in his speech. The president addressed America's science and tech accomplishments of the past, as well as his proposals for the future. Notably, he said the United States should aim to develop clean energy to combat climate change, and he announced a new "national effort" to cure cancer.

Emily Elert
at 04:30 AM Feb 14 2013
Science // 

Yesterday, as a run-up to Obama's State of the Union address, The Guardian published an interactive infographic called "The state of our union is … dumber: How the linguistic standard of the presidential address has declined."

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