Science & Society

Anti-Science Republicans Versus Anti-Science Democrats: The Comparison

Writing in USA Today, microbiologist Dr. Alex Berezow makes a statement sure to leave the militant left wing who believe all Republicans are mentally Rick Perry or Michele Bachmann sputtering.  Namely, that anti-science Republicans get media coverage but n ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 23 2012 - 11:42pm

Too Much Cost, Too Much Care: An Argument For And Against US Health Reform

If health care is free, more people will go to the doctor and that means longer waiting for people who truly need it. An overburdened health care system would then have to hire less-qualified people to meet the needs, and that is bad.  If the president sud ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2011 - 5:30pm

Rainbow connection

On the way to work this morning, I noticed people pointing out the train window and smiling. From middle-aged suits to angst-ridden hipsters, faces changed from jaded to serene- there was a rainbow just west of downtown. One of the wool-hatted, checked-fla ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Sep 27 2011 - 2:57pm

Has Al Gore faked a global warming experiment?

My attention has been drawn to this, by Anthony Watts: Video analysis and scene replication suggests that Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project fabricated their Climate 101 video “Simple Experiment” I would like to scrutinize it myself, but Nad oes ynof nerth ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Sep 28 2011 - 1:17pm

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