Science & Society

9/11: Science predicted the Castration of a Phallus Symbol

9/11 implies some sort of terror for everybody, mostly in form of boundless hypocrisy. Was it unimaginable, unthinkable? I knew 9/11 would happen since I first saw the twin towers in 1995. ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Sep 6 2011 - 10:01pm

So You Think Scientists And Engineers Can't Dance?

Thought I'd weigh in on the is "Is Science a Form of Dance" discussion by turning it on its head. Dance may well be a form of art as well as science- but what about the scientists themselves? Can they express their work through the art form ...

Article - Aimee Stern - Sep 12 2010 - 10:27am

More on the Usual Cheating in Science

My series on cheating is about very disturbing trends in science. These posts will draw a gloomy picture about modern science. And I am not talking from the outside like philosophers in so called 'science studies', who mostly would not look at a ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Mar 11 2012 - 8:12am

Citizen Science Panels Proposed For The United States

The scientific elite have been moving forward with their advancements in science at an accelerated pace over the past one hundred years. It is this exponentially speedy development that is providing modest hope to even the  Gen-X  babies at reaching the m ...

Article - Matthew T. Dearing - Sep 13 2010 - 9:24pm

Women Take Lead In US PhDs Awarded

It's been a mantra that more money has to be spent on outreach for women in academia, or even quotas implemented.  Why?   Women PhDs are now the majority, at least in the US.   This was an obvious trend since there were more underclass and graduate pr ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 14 2010 - 12:06pm

5 Ways To Be The Lady Gaga Of Science Media

There was a time a few years ago when the music industry was in the doldrums.   They blamed MP3 piracy, though it made no sense unless you were the kind of person who believes 'jobs saved or created' is also a valid metric for beneficial impact o ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 15 2010 - 10:13pm

China: Language and other Barriers

I live in China, in Nanjing, which is not too far from Shanghai, and work at Nanjing University (NJU). This type of adventure becomes popular. China gains in popularity also among academics. It seems to become a viable career move. I have been by now off a ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Sep 6 2014 - 5:28am

When To Buy Airline Tickets- The Science Answer

Airlines, hotel companies, anything with a date attached, know they have you on the hook the closer to that date because no one buys airline tickets for tomorrow unless they are desperate, and there are fewer tickets available, so capitalism says you consu ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 22 2010 - 10:31am

Down And Out In Academia

A postdoc's view of the changing world of academic research 'What's on your mind?' These are the four words taunting me on my Facebook page as I wind down from a long day at work. Today that may be a tough one to answer in a witty one- ...

Article - Jane de Lartigue - Sep 22 2010 - 4:54pm

A quick lesson for the public on what scientific theories are and are not.

If you are a scientist in any field you have had to deal with a member of the public who did not understand the word theory.  This blog post intends to be a simple explanation for the willing but confused.  What are theories how are they arrived at?   The ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 26 2010 - 11:23am