Science & Society
- The Spending Priorities Of Americans
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Despite what you may guess by mass media coverage, the priorities of Americans are not global warming or wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but are instead just what they were in 1990; health care and a good education for their children. ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2011 - 2:36pm
- Infinite Growth And The Crisis Cocktail- A Guest Article
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Infinite Growth And The Crisis Cocktail- a guest article Infinite growth is not possible in any real-world context, yet many otherwise rational people behave- economically speaking- as if they believe that it is possible. Some time ago I invited Neven- wh ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 10 2011 - 4:44pm
- Alien Life Hype- Blame Fox News
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In case you were living under the science equivalent of a rock, the Journal of Cosmology published a study by a NASA researcher stating, essentially, that fossilized bacteria had been found on Earth, but originating from outer space. That was a bit of a st ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 10 2011 - 2:37pm
- Lift Tales
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Over many years, as a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, I have regularly received their magazine, formerly Chemistry in Britain, now Chemistry World. This often contains an article of historical interest ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Mar 11 2011 - 4:11pm
- Japan Quake- Media Up To Mischief
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Japan Quake- Media Up To Mischief Edit- this blog entry is now out of date. The complaint about 100 versus 1000 is now withdrawn. Please see Japan's Nuclear Emergency- The Straight Goods- including comments- for updated information. Original post be ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 24 2011 - 3:07pm
- Japan's Nuclear Emergency- The Straight Goods
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Update: For the latest bulletins, please see my new article: Japan's Nuclear Emergency- The Straight Goods- Update original post begins here: Japan's Nuclear Emergency- The Straight Goods There is much speculative and inaccurate reporting in the ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 24 2011 - 3:08pm
- Riding An Earthquake Wave
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If you want clicks, then now is the time to write about earthquakes and nuclear disasters. That is why Science 2.0 has now an article telling us how great it is that the quake hit Japan, because Japan is so well prepared, and this is mostly thanks to the ...
Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 18 2011 - 3:34am
- Deconstructing Petitions: Making Evidence-Based Decisions, Not Knee-Jerk Ones
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The online disability rights and autism advocacy movements intersect, with appeals from the autism advocacy movement appealing to the larger disability rights movement. Recently, a new petition has been started by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network calli ...
Article - Kim Wombles - Apr 3 2011 - 7:49pm
- Japan's Nuclear Emergency- The Straight Goods- Update
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Japan's Nuclear Emergency- The Straight Goods- Update The latest reports coming from Japan indicate that the current nuclear emergency is not as great as some people had feared it might be. Despite some media reports: there have been no reactor explo ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 15 2011 - 7:20am
- Why You Should Be Worried About Japan’s Nuclear Reactors
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For days now, scientists and science blogs tell us not to worry about Japan’s nuclear reactors. Nothing can happen; no radiation will be released, all is fine. We are treated to false experts even, to one-sided rants of somebody who studied risk managemen ...
Article - Sascha Vongehr - Mar 24 2011 - 3:04pm
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