Science & Society

Presidential Election Outcomes Tied To Suicide Rates?

Alec Baldwin never actually left the United States, even though he said he would if George W. Bush won in 2004.   So people make silly threats about politics but do political outcomes have any effect on more serious issues, like suicide? Suicide risk facto ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2010 - 12:03pm

Are Happy Employees Key To Corporate Success?

An argument in the business world is how happy you can make employees while still maintaining a job standard.    JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater cursed out a passenger, grabbed two beers and exited through the plane's emergency exit earlier thi ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2014 - 12:47am

Only Child Not Less Socially Equipped In School

A long-standing argument for public schools over home-schooling and more kids versus one is the social aspect.  Honestly, sending kids to school so they can learn to feel bad about their clothing is not that great, despite well-funded union public relation ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2010 - 12:41pm

Science 2.0 Solutions To Science Community Competition Versus Cooperation

Science has a long history of being multinational and has long been a way to bridge cultures and balance the public good with private gain.    Science, being about excellence, has zero interest in race, creed or religion.  Maybe it has too much concern wit ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 17 2010 - 12:14pm

A Mobile Lab for the Amateur Scientist

Many of you who involve yourself in citizen science projects, or personal amateur research might dream of designing dedicated laboratory spaces in ones' own home or garage. Sort of like the " man cave " (or, "woman cave"!) for the ...

Blog Post - Matthew T. Dearing - Aug 18 2010 - 9:58pm

Five Ways To Get Your Wife To Have More Sex (With You)

I needed a good laugh this morning, so a tip of the hat to Fox News for the welcome relief. On the Google News homepage, I saw this humdinger of a headline: "Fox on Sex: 5 Ways to Get Your Wife to Have More Sex With You" I don't know about y ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Aug 20 2010 - 7:33pm

Secrets Of 'Fixing' Science Journalism

Fix can mean to repair or to gimmick, as in 'the fix is in'.  I'm not going to tell you how to repair science journalism.  A few wingnuts stalwarts here at Science 2.0 beat that to death.  Their suggestions include sack the journalists, and ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Aug 20 2010 - 3:39pm

TV Drives Giant Squid Research

A couple months shy of a year ago, I was raving about the news that a new giant squid documentary was in the works. Guess what? It's still in the works! If this weren't so deadly serious (joke) I'd be laughing my head off about the meta-meta ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Aug 21 2010 - 12:00pm

Tylophora Indica for asthama

Tylophora Indica (  Asclepiadaceae)   Root or leaf powder is used in diarrhoea, dysentery and intermittent fever. Dried leaves are emetic diaphoretic and expectorant. It is regarded as one of the best indigenous substitute for ipecacuanha. The roots are s ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 21 2010 - 6:33am

M.A.D. 2.0

M.A.D. 2.0 The greatest fear of mankind after World War 2 was the real possibility of a World War 3. It was a rational fear of a very real threat: the global destruction of civilization. Nations, most especially the USA and the former USSR, found themselv ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 10 2011 - 6:14pm