Science & Society

Ten Rules To Get Help From Online Scientific Communities

With scientific research becoming increasingly interdisciplinary, many researchers find themselves dealing with issues they are not prepared for. A good example of this is how biologists in several fields come to rely on computer programs, and are occasio ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Sep 30 2011 - 9:55am

The Left Is More Anti-Science Than The Right Unless The Right Is More Anti-Science Than The Left

Question: Quick, what is the fastest way to make the term "false equivalence" appear? Answer: Contend that whatever side of the political spectrum the person you are talking to is on is more anti-science than the other side.  Or even equal. The L ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 24 2012 - 12:13am

Scientists Want More Children

Scientists want more children.  Seriously, that's not my headline, that's the conclusion reached by Ecklund and Lincoln back in August in the online PLos ONE journal.  Put simply, science as a career is not very kid-friendly, so older scientists ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Oct 3 2011 - 11:07am

Hard Times For Unscientific Blogging

Hard Times For Unscientific Blogging Pseudo-skeptic claims of Arctic ice recovery have been followed by further losses in the real world.  Evidence of global warming is accumulating to such an extent that the web's unscientific bloggers have to work ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Oct 3 2011 - 6:39pm

Anti-Science San Francisco

Is your cell phone a known carcinogen? Do cell phones give you cancer?  Well, the precautionary principle contends unless you can prove cell phones can't give you cancer, then they are a concern.  Fortunately, the precautionary principle isn't ov ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 8 2013 - 6:14pm

Increased Collectivism Linked To More Bribery And Corruption

Bribery and corruption rise and fall with the level of collective feeling in a society, according to research by Pankaj Aggarwal, University of Toronto Scarborough professor of marketing in the Department of Management, and Nina Mazar, University of Toron ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2011 - 11:59am

The Open Science Summit Is Almost Here! (And I Need Your Help!)

“The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstruction in this way, or open up any new prospect, ought, so far, to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind” —David Hume I ...

Article - Andrea Kuszewski - Oct 5 2011 - 12:20pm

Superluminal Knee Jerk A Symptom But Transparent Science Maybe Cure

The observations of faster than light neutrinos have stirred up much debate, but the most important is not pointed out. Seen in a wider context, the affair sheds yet again light on the rapid decay of the academic science machinery, a social construct where ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Oct 20 2011 - 1:59am

Democracy And The Wisdom Of Crowds

“ The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations ”, published in 2004, is a book by James Surowiecki. It discusses, often using anecdotes, that under certain conditio ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Oct 13 2011 - 10:35am

Happy National Failure Day, Finns!

Due to difficult economics and an aging population that needs social services, Finland is finding itself desperate for workers, but jobs cannot simply be created by giant corporations anymore and the only way to sustain the welfare state seems to be throu ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2011 - 10:49am