Science & Society

Media Coverage Leads To More Citations- But Be Smart About It

Most researchers regard their work as vital to society, even if that value is only higher order and the chain to societal benefit is tenuous to outsiders.  That's no different than any other job- people at the Department of Motor Vehicles feel like th ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 21 2010 - 11:08am

The Sexing Up Of Science (I'm Coming Out! And So Can You!)

A few weeks ago, The Science Cheerleaders grabbed headlines with their appearance at the USA Science and Engineering Festival, where they cheered for citizen science and science literacy, as well as served to provide a new kind of role model for young girl ...

Article - Andrea Kuszewski - Nov 22 2010 - 4:35am

New Federal Money Pouring into Science Education and Citizen Science

Earlier this month the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that $8 million worth of new grant money has been awarded to educational and non-profit institutions across the United States to support programs that connect the publ ...

Blog Post - Matthew T. Dearing - Nov 23 2010 - 12:42am

The Business Of Science

I think there is something deeply wrong with our view of science. The word itself, Science (with a capital "S"), sits alongside other monoliths such as Religion, Art, Music, Literature, Politics and so forth that require constant defining just to ...

Article - Richard Mankiewicz - Nov 23 2010 - 10:36pm

TSA Body Scanner Nonsense

OK, I've had just about enough of the stupid statistics being put out by the FDA regarding full body scanners at airports. I'm not sure why everyone is behaving as if such a scan is a singular event in a year.  One hears about how such a small do ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Nov 23 2010 - 2:59pm

Citizen Science and the Age of Knowledge Generosity

On the eve of Thanksgiving, we tend to start our annual pondering about how we might give more to our friends and family, and maybe even to the world. Citizen scientists--whether they consciously realize it or not--are behaving in a uniquely giving mood w ...

Blog Post - Matthew T. Dearing - Nov 24 2010 - 12:47am

A cohort by any other name, how scientists can inadvertently help the bigots

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Blog Post - Ken Myron - Nov 27 2010 - 2:05pm

Why Scientists Should Blog (Redux)

Why scientists should blog is not a new topic to Science 2.0.   In a way, I think we pioneered science blogging (1) because, prior to us, the only science bloggers with any real audience mostly wrote about politics and religion and last year I chaired a p ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 24 2010 - 8:06pm

NSF Funding Citizen Science From Gulf Oil Spill

Recently, we featured an article on how new federal money-- funneled through the  NOAA  -- is being directed to citizen science efforts (read more). ...

Article - Matthew T. Dearing - Nov 30 2010 - 8:11am

Much Ado About Nothing: Science Communication FAIL?

Anyone who woke up yesterday morning hoping that December 2 nd 2010 might be a historic day in the search for extraterrestrial life is likely to be sorely disappointed. All week the hype has been building since the NASA PR machine announced that they were ...

Article - Jane de Lartigue - Dec 3 2010 - 3:21pm