Science & Politics

As time has progressed, science and politics have fed into each other more and more. Many of the modern issues debated in politics today would not have even existed just a few years ago. Stem cell research, for example, is a fairly new  scientific advancement that has been the cause of much heated controversy. While opinions are also fueled by religion and other beliefs, the issues themselves are surely science-based. Another issue is global warming.  The theory was developed as the product of much intense research and is a scientific discovery that has prompted debate within the fields of science and politics as some believe the theory and others do not. These examples are just a taste of all of the connections between the two fields. As we push into a century of such rapid advancements, political issues will be based more and more upon science.