Science & Society

One balmy July afternoon, when the fresh-faced optimism from having completed my PhD had seriously begun to wear off, I went to lunch with a famous scientist. This jovial, moustached man did something to really surprise me; he told me the truth about thi ...

Article - Jane de Lartigue - Aug 4 2010 - 12:19pm

Science 2.0- The Blessing And The Curse

It's no secret we have done things our own way here- no marketing, no corporate hierarchy, no political or cultural litmus test and no requirement that you already be popular before you can join. The big net of Science 2.0 is exactly what some people ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 24 2010 - 5:47pm

Ending The World For 60 Years: More 1952

Post-Holocaust Noble Savages ...

Article - Michael White - Jun 26 2010 - 10:48am

The Value Of Listening In Science Outreach

Frustrated in dealing with the public? You are not alone. It may seem to researchers that the public is either stupid or intentionally ignoring evidence but it's not that one-sided, writes Chris Mooney in the Washington Post. Chris generally doesn ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 27 2010 - 6:29pm

New PhDs Have High Employment And Above Average Salaries- Study

A survey taken by the Science and Technology Facilities Council says their funded PhD students have high employment rates and above average salaries. Since 2007, STFC has funded over 250 new students each year and 200 new students each year prior to that. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2010 - 10:58am

Want To Win A Dream Vacation To Sweden And See Some Science?

As a younger, unmarried man I wanted to visit Sweden, but more for the volleyball team than for the science (1), but since I don't want to find out if there 'are other fish in the sea' these days I might instead like to go to Kosterhavet Mar ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 1 2010 - 1:50pm

Mercola: Truer Words Were Never Written?

Mercola, webster of woo, he of the get your vitamin D through our tanning bed fame, has a new post up at Huffington Post. ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jul 6 2010 - 7:13pm

Symbol Stacks And Science Communication In The Scienceblogs Pepsigate Scandal

I happened to be reading Howard Bloom's book The Genius of the Beast when I saw something odd happening in social media- there was a minor blow up on a science blogging site called Scienceblogs.com over a new column that would be written by people fro ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 11 2011 - 10:45am

View from the South

On the 12th July 2010, I was watching Rich Hall 's 'The Dirty South'. The programme trailer says: Rich Hall sets his keen eye and acerbic wit on his homeland once again as he sifts truth from fiction in Hollywood's version of the sout ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jul 16 2010 - 2:28pm

A Tale Of Three Drugs

In February 1999, the giant German pharmaceutical company Bayer celebrated the centenary of the launch of ASPIRIN, the world’s most successful legal drug. One thing they did NOT celebrate is the launch of HEROIN one year earlier. Both drugs are synthesized ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Jul 17 2010 - 5:17pm