Shubin is a breath of fresh air when he says we live in hyper partisan times—anything we do will be called partisan.
So all we can honestly do is do the best science we know how and communicate it to the public clearly.
Mike Kaspari
I first met Neil Shubin 30 years ago when he was digging for fossils of our fishy ancestors in Pennsylvania road cuts. Now he's becoming president of the National Academy of Sciences. We talked about taking the helm of the 163-year-old organization at this fraught moment. Gift link: nyti.ms/4giD3FX
