Science & Society

Did The Franco-Scottish Alliance Against England Ever End?

Here's a trivia question; what's the longest alliance in history? Unless you went by the title, you were probably stumped.  Maybe you believe it is England and Portugal at 638 years.   You were unlikely to guess Scotland and France but a Universi ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2011 - 9:31pm

The State Of Science Outreach: Is It Bad?

I have said many times I think people are terrifically smart; they know a lot of science, though they tend to frame it through their politics.     The numbers bear me out- science literacy in adults has tripled since I went to college but even that was fra ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 17 2011 - 7:13pm

Cigarette Smoking Woo- Time Of Day Impacts Cancer Risk

Look, we all know smoking is bad for you by now.  We don't need to spend billions of dollars telling people that but an entire industry has been built around getting people to stop, and it is primarily funded by penalties on tobacco companies and taxe ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 18 2011 - 4:01am

Facebook enables comments on pharma pages- minefield or progress?

Facebook made an interesting move this week when it reversed its policy to allow drug companies to maintain pages closed to comments, and I am really curious how this will play out in the near and far future. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Aug 19 2011 - 12:24pm

More Career Alternatives To Academia Beckon

I think it's heartening that people are starting to talk about careers for PhDs past Academia. ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Aug 19 2011 - 2:47pm

A Stone's Throw Away? Egypt And The Environment

I haven’t had a TV in my life for the past few years. So, when I finally caught video clips from Cairo last week, I was astounded. Still images, no matter how provocative, miss so many dimensions of the conflict: the shouts and chants, the simmering resent ...

Article - Holly Moeller - Aug 20 2011 - 10:52am

When Is A Non-Profit Endorsing?: Autism Speaks And The National Autism Association Convention

Recently I became aware through  Sullivan's post at LBRB  that Autism Speaks was sponsoring the National Autism Association's national conference and that Andrew Wakefield was speaking at this conference, along with a long list of proponents of ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Aug 22 2011 - 6:40pm

China For Science And Secularism, The Most Important 2012 Election

Almost only devote religious people like Obama are allowed to climb to power in the West. Germany’s chancellor Merkel had to play down that she was a physicist in order to ensure the voters trust her to be aligned with the obsessions of her “Christian Dem ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 30 2018 - 12:25am

Origin Of Life Funding: Benefactor Offers Hard Cash For A Good Research Idea

Harry Lonsdale called me out of the blue last year,saying that he would be passing through Santa Cruz and wanted to discuss an idea he had. Well sure, I said, so we picked a day for him to visit. I had never heard of Harry, but when he showed up, right on ...

Article - Dave Deamer - Aug 26 2011 - 10:39am

Creationism Wins Votes- For Both Parties

'Creationism' is a confusing term.  In science, militant atheists will intentionally call all religious people 'creationists' and then complain creationists are anti-science, even about the religious people who are not anti-science at a ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 26 2011 - 1:08pm