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A Pledge To Science? That's Something Congress Should Consider

Can our nation afford political waffling on issues of scientific consensus? Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

A Pledge To Science? That's Something Congress Should Consider

What would you want in a national Pledge For Science? How would you balance out the need to keep politicians from waffling on scientific issues as diverse as evolution, climate change and vaccines while separating out issues of research from issues of policy?

New Bible Updates Language; 'Booty' Falls By Wayside

A pair of Christmas booties. Using the word "booty" to mean "plunder" has become impractical, as other connotations have overtaken its original meaning, religious scholars say. AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

New Bible Updates Language; 'Booty' Falls By Wayside

The Old Testament will have a new look in the next edition of the New American Bible, one of the most popular English-language Bibles. And it'll also have some big changes — in many cases, words like "booty" and "virgin" are removed in the new translation.