Science & Society

When Do People Read Blogs?

Have a look at the figure on the left. It shows the number of visits to this site broken down in hours of the day-the time of the server used by the visitor. The statistics of each bar is sufficient that the uncertainty on their height is of the order of ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Apr 15 2010 - 1:43am

Simon Singh Wins Legal Battle

Simon Singh Wins Legal Battle Good news for lovers of freedom of speech across the planet. The British Chiropractic Association (BCA) this morning dropped its libel claim against Dr Singh. Thanks to the adoption by British judges of a principle of US Law, ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 15 2010 - 6:21am

UEA CRU Scientists Cleared Of Malpractice Allegations

UEA CRU Scientists Cleared Of Malpractice Allegations An independent panel of scientists has cleared scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit of the malpractice allegations which have been made against them. This follows the ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 15 2010 - 8:04am

Goodbye Constellation, Hello... Barocket?

3 NASA employees out of the 22,000 people about to lose their jobs sat in a room full of loyal Democrats and listened to President Barack Obama talk about how much he loved NASA.  Then he talked about how he was gutting it. Not everyone is buying hope in t ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 31 2013 - 12:38pm

Team Plans To Row To The North Pole- Media Claims

Team Plans To Row To The North Pole- Media Claims A team plans to row to the magnetic pole next year. Proving once more, if proof be needed, that the media can't publish a story without incorporating 'added value', the media is misreporting ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 17 2010 - 5:58pm

Texas Curriculum Massacre

"The common curse of mankind- folly and ignorance."- Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida "And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastical tyranny's the worst."- Daniel Defoe, Jure divino: a satyr ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 19 2010 - 12:01pm

Welcome To The Science Party

Welcome To The Science Party Today, 20 April, sees the launch of The Science Party, a new political party led by bestselling author and New Scientist consultant Dr Michael Brooks. Brooks is standing for the party in the forthcoming British general election ...

Article - Richard Mankiewicz - Apr 21 2010 - 4:16am

The very same Grisha Perelman- about Masha Gessen's book "Perfect Rigor"

Grisha Perelman continues to make huge headlines- several days ago he has reportedly turned down the official proposal to participate in the so-called " Russian Silicon Valley " project. The reason he has given for his refusal is that he has &qu ...

Blog Post - Evgeni Starikov - May 14 2010 - 7:34am

Salt: an endangered food group

Miguel de Cervantes said that a "man must eat a peck of salt with his friend, before he knows him." If the Institute of Medicine has its way, there are going to be a lot fewer friends out there for you, guys. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 21 2010 - 11:50pm

Pressure To Publish Creates Bias In Science Literature

Academics are being increasingly pressured to produce 'publishable' results and The quality of scientific research may be suffering as a consequence, according to a new PLoS ONE study. The analysis of papers in all disciplines shows that research ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2010 - 10:33am