Science & Society

Zombies- A Public Policy Study Found last night during a Google search for latest news about something entirely unrelated to this search result: Night of the Living Wonks Toward an international relations theory of zombies. There are many sources of fear ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 14 2010 - 1:24pm

The Singularity Stole My ATM Card

The difficult thing about popularizing movements is that, in the beginning, you want recognition but as time goes on the interests of the movement may be divergent from the people involved in it. So it goes with the singularity. In 1993, Vernor Vinge sa ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 15 2010 - 3:56pm

Low Income Kids More Likely To Admit Early Sex, Crime And Drugs- Study

A new article concludes that early intervention for young people with delinquency problems may help prevent the development of crime, alcoholism and risky sex behaviors, especially among those with low incomes. The study in the J ournal of Child Psycholog ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2010 - 10:55am

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

Digital Advertising Being Clobbered By Traditional Media

LONDON, August 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/-- Against all odds, traditional advertising is perceived by consumers as more informative, entertaining and necessary than online advertising. Of more than 1,200 people surveyed for digital marketing show ad:tech Londo ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 20 2010 - 3:02am

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