Science & Society

Should The BP Oil Spill Be A Weapon In The Culture War?

The BP oil spill in the Gulf is doing unmeasurable damage to the local economy and ecology of the region.   Are government efforts geared toward making undersea oil extraction safer or cleaning up the damage done? Not really.   Pres. Obama's BP Deepwa ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 21 2010 - 2:11pm

Open Access And Good Citations: The PLoS Factor

The big war in science during this decade has not been Republicans against human embryonic stem cell research or Democrats against agriculture, it has instead been open access publishing versus subscription peer-reviewed journals. Open access publishing of ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 25 2010 - 4:03pm

Why Does Consensus Matter In Climate Science?

A new  study published in the Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences has compared the qualifications and publication histories of climate change skeptics to those of Anthropogenic global warming proponents.  Unsurprisingly, those espousing skeptic ...

Blog Post - Cameron J English - Jun 23 2010 - 10:33pm

Life In The Lab

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