Science & Society
- U.S. Greenhouse Gases Drop To 1990s Levels- And Why That's Bad
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When European politicians picked a target date for greenhouse gas emissions in the Kyoto accord, American environmentalists applauded despite the motivation- economic harm for the US with little to Europe, since Germany simply had to scuttle Soviet-era fac ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 16 2015 - 3:18pm
- Inside the BIG problem of the new Enlightenment
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Whether your reading posts at science20, watching talks at TED, reading any of the self help books on the bestseller lists, watching Oprah, talking with your neighbors, or just turning on the news, be you a scientist or layman, zealot to atheist, of any pa ...
Blog Post - Brian Taylor - Apr 23 2011 - 12:40pm
- Vaccine-Autism Researcher Poul Thorsen Indicted For Fraud- So?
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Based on last week's indictment of vaccine-autism researcher Dr. Poul Thorsen for money laundering and mail fraud, the Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD), a Maryland-based non-profit organization, is calling for further investigation. ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2011 - 6:24pm
- Now That It's Over: A Review Of PBS's NewsHour Series Autism Now
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The PBS series on autism, Autism Now, has aired all of its segments now. The extended transcripts of interviews are available online, as well. ...
Article - Kim Wombles - Apr 23 2011 - 9:02pm
- Let There Be Light: Todd Drezner's Loving Lampposts, A Contrast To MacNeil's Autism Now
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Having examined PBS's Autism Now in an earlier posting and noting its overall negativity, I'd like to turn to a documentary on autism that I can recommend: Todd Drezner's Loving Lampposts. ...
Article - Kim Wombles - Apr 23 2011 - 9:36pm
- When Restraint Abuse Warrants Little Concern And Less Attention: Is Florida Paying Any Attention?
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Article - Kim Wombles - Apr 26 2011 - 4:30pm
- Is The Internet A Gateway Drug?
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Queen's University researchers writing in the Journal of Preventative Medicine say there is a strong association between adolescent computer and Internet and multiple-risk behaviors (MRB), including illicit drug use, drunkenness and unprotected sex. T ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2011 - 6:58pm
- What Now For ESP? The Princeton PEAR Lab Shuts Down
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It's a bad day for ghost research, though you can be sure Discovery or History Channel will fill in the gap when they run out of Shroud of Turin articles. The Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) program at Princeton University, which attem ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2011 - 10:58pm
- 50 Years Of Manned Space Flight- An Interview With A Lead Engineer For The Mercury Program
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Here, I present for you a snippet from the Western Electric document Introduction to Project Mercury and Site Handbook on one of the most important aspects of a space program that barely existed; ground control and monitoring. You know, the part where th ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 16 2019 - 12:11pm
- 13 Quotes On The Future Of Science Journalism
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"A podcaster, an editor, a policy wonk and a NASA engineer walk into a bar..." At the DCSWA workshop, regional media talents attempted to answer the unanswerable: what is the future of science writing and science journalism? Deborah Ager (of Bol ...
Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Apr 29 2011 - 7:09pm

