Science & Society

50 Excellent Science Blogs Anyone Can Appreciate

Any time a 'best science sites' list is created by someone outside the usual self-congratulatory, self-indulgent clique it's worth taking a look, namely because in this instance I found 5 terrific sites I had never heard of before.  I won� ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 7 2010 - 1:39am

USA and Russia START Again, But is a New Nuclear Treaty Worth Anything?

The United States and Russia are scheduled to sign a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) this Thursday in Prague. The previous treaty expired on 5 December 2009, making the absence of any treaty potentially more dangerous than signing one designed ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Apr 7 2010 - 8:54am

Bias is bad for science

The New York Times recently published an article about bias against women and minorities in science fields (and schooling). I’ve written about this before, in my regular blog, and that was about a study from 2004. We’re not getting much better at this — o ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Apr 8 2010 - 2:02pm

When Science Finally Catches Up To ESPN

(I recently discovered this series of entries about fixing science journalism, begun in February.  Because I just joined up, I wasn't able to add my two cents.  So I thought I'd add it now, since, hey, who couldn't use two cents?  My apolog ...

Article - David Sloan - Apr 9 2010 - 9:47am

A nice profile of a local researcher

Decisive Advantage by Chris Potter in the Pittsburgh City Paper. If I had a kid who might want to go into research for a living, I'd want them to read this story. It gives some insight into what is actually involved in doing research, even though it ...

Blog Post - Adam Retchless - Apr 10 2010 - 9:21am

Join A Godless Hive of Drink Soaked Liberal Empiricists

If you live in London, then you could do worse than join a Westminster Skeptics night out getting paralytic about science. Westminster Skeptics promote an evidence-based approach and critical thinking in the areas of policy, media, and legal reform. They h ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Apr 10 2010 - 11:14am

63 Years Old Solo Balloonist Reaches North Pole

63 Years Old Solo Balloonist Reaches North Pole Jean-Louis Etienne has made the first solo balloon voyage to the North Pole, traveling 3,130 kilometers- 1,945 miles- in five days from Norway to the tundra of eastern Siberia. Jean-Louis Etienne has always ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 11 2010 - 5:26am

The World Needs to Embrace Science

One of my top 5 favorite TED talks from TED 2010, Michael Specter speaks about how society needs to embrace science. We shouldn't place more importance on ideology than scientific data, on politics over common sense. When we fight scientific progress ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Apr 12 2010 - 5:37pm

Do a network experiment, get a free book

Albert Laszlo Barabasi is a scientist who has long been studying networks and self-organization, and he's got a new book coming out: Bursts: The Hidden Patterns Behind Everything We Do He's setup an online experiment in networking, based on some ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Apr 12 2010 - 10:19pm

Lands Of The Midnight Sun

Lands Of The Midnight Sun This is a list of dates and latitudes where the sun doesn't set for days on end. It might be a useful resource for anyone interested in the Arctic or Antarctic. I've posted it under 'science and society' becau ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 13 2010 - 12:13pm