Science & Society

New Autism Numbers: Ho-hum or Scary?

Yesterday morning, I wrote that the The Canary Party's Ginger Taylor broke  the embargo (courtesy  LBRB)  and revealed the new 1 in 88 rate that the CDC released later that morning. ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Mar 30 2012 - 1:35pm

Requiem for Humanity — Wars

WARS    Predicting that the human race has wars in its future requires no insight. We humans have never had a community that has built a lasting peace. The beliefs of Buddhism have come closest to achieving a path leading to the cessation of suffering. Th ...

Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Apr 1 2012 - 3:47pm

The Phantom Of The Laboratory

We are fortune here at Science20 to have come across an early work by Gaston Leroux.  This manuscript was dated to 1899, suggesting it was an early, discarded draft of the work that later came to be known as "The Phantom of the Opera".  Current s ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Apr 1 2012 - 10:36pm

Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Denied By Department Of Energy

Neutrinos come in three "flavors", electron, muon and tau, but they are able to 'morph' between the different types, a change called neutrino oscillation.   ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 5 2012 - 1:06am

Vote on Student Ideas for Saving the World Through Science

The Kavli Foundation, which gives awards to science writers annually with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, also sponsors a video contest for middle and high school students. It was launched as part of the first USA Science&Engin ...

Blog Post - Aimee Stern - Apr 5 2012 - 5:58pm

Requiem for Humanity — Interplanetary Space

INTERPLANETARY SPACE ...

Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Apr 5 2012 - 12:50pm

Interplanetary Colonization: I Don't Think So

Periodically it seems that the subject comes up regarding human colonization of space and then all manner of problems and difficulties are discussed with various people taking their respective sides on the physics that's possible and what isn't. ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Apr 6 2012 - 4:51pm

Bad Advice And Bombs

A few months ago, I read Electric Universe by David Bodanis (ISBN 1400045509).  There are two chapters on radar during the Second World War, #7 dealing with Britain’s defences and #8 dealing with the area bombing of Germany, a tactic down to ‘Bomber’ Harr ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Apr 8 2012 - 11:54am

Scientization Of Politics: R03 Grants To Justify Tax Increases

Everyone has heard of the politicization of science, where science results are framed and manipulated for political gain, but increasingly more common is the scientization of politics, where political and cultural world views are rationalized with a scienc ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 14 2012 - 1:18am

History Explains Occupy Movements

As soon as protestors began to occupy Zuccotti Park near Wall Street in New York City, people began to wonder why? Was it the result of disgust towards the New York Stock Exchange, chronic unemployment, or even boredom? Or are Americans working through th ...

Blog Post - Alex Atwood - Apr 16 2012 - 3:21pm