Science & Society

Twinkie Defense Revisited: Soft Drinks Implicated In Teen Violence

Teens who drink more than five cans fizzy soft drinks per week- less than one per day- are significantly more likely to commit violence or carry weapons, suggests research in Injury Prevention, part of the British Medical Journals.   ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 24 2011 - 8:41pm

Pink Week: Breast Cancer Awareness and Raising Money for Free Mammograms

This week, we're running a breast cancer awareness week at my college--spearheaded by my students, friends, and me--to benefit the Hope Fund at Hendrick Hospital in Abilene, Texas, to provide free mammograms to women in need. Another professor and fri ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Oct 25 2011 - 6:33am

Republicans Really Are Crazy When It Comes to Science.

I know that there are plenty of liberals and progressives that are scientific whacko's and embrace many anti-scientific sentiments.  I'm certainly not about to defend them, but.... Something this stupid simply can't be ignored.  Enjoy. ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Oct 28 2011 - 5:45pm

Political Rhetoric- Blame Digital Media

Throughout the history of politics, the discourse has been rancorous. If your parents did not tell you never to discuss religion or politics in polite company, you learned that lesson on your own. 'Blame the media' thinking was popular even in th ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 2 2011 - 2:31pm

Are We Focusing our Engineering and Science Efforts on the Wrong Age Group?

In a recent article in the NY Times, Christopher Drew discussed one of the primary ways we as a nation lose our scientists and engineers. ...

Blog Post - Aimee Stern - Nov 4 2011 - 11:28am

Science is Hard...

... and we teach it wrong.  That's the conclusion of a NYT op ed, titled 'why science majors change their minds (it's just so darn hard)'.  Aimee Stem (here at Science2.0) argues that it's in part a diversity issue, that we're ...

Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Nov 5 2011 - 7:30am

Genetic Information And Privacy

The advances in genetics and genomics have given rise to a flourishing personal genomics industry. All you need is a credit card and you can order a DNA kit on the internet. Once it arrives, all you have to do is rub a swab over your cheeck and send it ba ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Nov 5 2011 - 11:28am

Disruption, Alt Science, And System D

Dan Reus of the creative instigator/outfit Openly Disruptive ("the future will be what we make it") tossed me this note: I thought you might like to see the mention of you and Project Calliope in a recent post by our local alternative news weekl ...

Article - Project Calliope - Nov 8 2011 - 9:10pm

Open Science- When Will Its Nobel Laureate Arrive?

Darwin took decades to publish while Newton practically wrote his Principia so as not to have to bother answering questions from other physicists. Throughout science history the attitudes and methods of scientists have varied as dramatically as the persona ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 9 2011 - 11:26am

Should We Trust Scientists?

I am a Science 2.0 newbie: I have written my first article   only a few days ago, and a second one shortly afterwards.  But I have soon realized that there is a sort of underground debate going on, about whether non-scientists should trust scientists about ...

Article - Paolo Ciafaloni - Nov 9 2011 - 4:31pm