Science & Society

Look at what the Bogdanov's have done to themselves!

If you thought their publications were freaky get a load of how they look after a ton of plastic surgery. You may remember them from the Bogdanov affair many years ago.  They published papers in scientific journals that are very widely regarded as being bu ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - May 19 2010 - 3:35pm

Opening Pandora's Music Box

Music is omnipresent and plays an enormous role in our everyday lives. It transports us, soothes us, energizes us, evokes memories instantaneously like few things in this world have the power to do (smell being an exception). Music can bind us together and ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - May 20 2010 - 3:48pm

Communication With The Public "Badly Needed" In Science, Report Claims

Too often, scientists do an inadequate job of communicating information to the public in a factual, non-technical, credible and neutral format. The authors of a new analysis of science communication in PNAS   say they have developed an effective communicat ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2010 - 9:36pm

Scientists In Hollywood

'Hollywoood's job is not to educate but to entertain and inspire', but it turns out they find science inspirational.  In the Going Hollywood podcast, you can listen (or read) about just how scientists get to, well, Go Hollywood. There are 3 ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - May 21 2010 - 9:34pm

Applying Scientific Methodology in Everyday life

  Just a little insight on the final project I'm working on to complete this term. The class is called: Big Ideas in Science:From Methods to Mutation "Applying Scientific Methodology in Everyday life" By           John Warga               Sc ...

Blog Post - Anonymous - May 23 2010 - 11:29pm

Wakefield Will Follow it Through to Its Natural Conclusion

Wakefield, on the morning he was struck from the register in the UK, appeared on the Today show for an interview with Matt Lauer.Interestingly, in the background before the interview, Lauer notes that the GMC found Wakefield acted "dishonestly and ir ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - May 26 2010 - 9:25am

Poll: Americans Divided Over Oil Drilling And Climate Change, Still Not Into Darwin

A new survey conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University shows that Americans are divided over whether to increase offshore oil drilling, and a majority believes the risks outweigh the benefits. 51 percent of those surveyed said the environmental risks o ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2010 - 12:07pm

Optimism The Best Weapon Against Climate Change Denial

In order to get the public more involved in the climate change issue, scientists and activists have to move away from fear-laden imagery of drowning polar bears and flooded cities, according to new research published in Meteorological Applications. The pap ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2010 - 12:31pm

Anti-Science Debunking Conservatives And Progressives Agree On (And Some They Don't)

Conservatives have long lamented the politicization of science.  And why wouldn't they?  Scientists as a bloc haven't voted Republican in decades and when Republicans limit science, there is an outcry (and even whole books!) but when a Democrat l ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 27 2010 - 3:16pm

60 Years Of Post-Apocalyptic Fiction: A Chronological Curriculum Of The Ultimate Catastrophe

What does the Neanderthal genome have to with post-apocalyptic science fiction? It may seem like odd inspiration, but Neanderthals have aroused my interest in one of the most venerable genres of science fiction. Last summer I was awaiting the release of Th ...

Article - Michael White - Nov 12 2010 - 3:39pm