Science & Society
- What Is The Most Important Field Of Science For The Public?
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A while ago, I read an argument that understanding economics is more important than understanding evolution. The author's point is that evolutionary theory does not provide the layman with particularly useful information, whereas economic theory has m ...
Article - Adam Retchless - Apr 14 2010 - 9:30am
- Helping Academics Lose Their "Ivory Tower" Reputation
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Researchers from North Carolina State University are making an attempt to help academia lose its "ivory tower" reputation by connecting students to their local communities. The new research project lays out guidelines that can be used to develop ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2010 - 5:53pm
- Gene Patents Stifle Innovation, Block Competition
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Exclusive licenses to gene patents are supposed to spur development of new technologies for gauging disease risk but actually do more to block competition in the gene testing market, say researchers from the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (I ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2010 - 1:19pm
- When Do People Read Blogs?
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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