Science & Society

How Mainstream Is Science?

I get asked a lot about Science 2.0® and why I chose to start something like ScientificBlogging.com, because science is such a niche.   Is it?  65 million people respond to surveys that they are interested in science. Since there are just over 300 million ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 15 2010 - 10:13am

Cambridge Science Festival: Day 1 Highlights

It is springtime in Boston- a time when some of the greatest young (and old) innovators in science come together for 9 days of sciency goodness, a.k.a. the Cambridge Science Festival. This short video highlights some of the activities and exhibits from the ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Apr 26 2010 - 9:52am

Avant-Garde Science: Toward Unconstrained Scientific Craziness

As I lay inside the box in the pitch blackness waiting for the show to begin, I wonder if the operator forgot to start it. Nothing is happening – no sound, no sights…nothing at all. Ah, wait, did I just hear something? Maybe, although perhaps that was jus ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Apr 26 2010 - 11:23am

Van de, Van der...?

One thing I learned from my recent trip to DESY was the proper name for a certain type of electrostatic generator[1].  Like many Brits, I had somehow got it into my head that it was called a Van der Graaf, but in fact it was invented by the American physic ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Apr 26 2010 - 1:36pm

Science!

Introduction: (One simple rule) Science is not guys in lab coats.  Science is not beakers and test tubes, or fancy expensive equipment that requires a degree to operate.  Science isn't something funded by corporations or the government or universitie ...

Blog Post - Bakari Kafele - Jun 2 2010 - 4:00pm

The Medium Religion

At M.I.T. the philosopher, critic and essayist Boris Groys, Global Distinguished Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, New York University, in a talk based on his paper, "Religion in the Age of Digital Reproduction", draws freely on such pred ...

Article - Camillo Di Cicco - May 3 2010 - 2:23am

Announcing The Winners Of Our Writing Competition

We had some fantastic articles entered this spring into our Writing Competition open to all university grad students, and we are happy to announce the winners based on the votes entered by YOU- our online audience. Our grand prize winner was Sena Koleva wh ...

Article - Community Connect... - May 3 2010 - 4:37pm

The Spirituality Of Scientists

A new book, just about to be published, has already caused a stir in the blogosphere. “Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think” by Elaine Ecklund, a sociologist from Rice University, claims that scientists are less atheistic than previously thou ...

Article - Richard Mankiewicz - May 4 2010 - 10:23am

The Oldest Song In The World (Hurrian Song)

The Hurrians (also Khurrites; cuneiform Ḫu-ur-ri) were a people of the Ancient Near East, who lived in northern Mesopotamia and areas to the immediate east and west, beginning approximately 2500 BC. Prof. Anne Kilmer (professor of Assyriology, University ...

Article - Camillo Di Cicco - May 4 2010 - 11:01am

Parents Still Skeptical Of HPV Vaccine

A new study published in PLoS Medicine has found that skepticism about the benefit of the HPV vaccine remains high among parents of adolescent girls. Even when financial and healthcare barriers are removed, some parents remain hesitant to have their daught ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2010 - 1:27pm