Science & Society

A new study estimates that more than 260,000 dogs and cats were sent to UK rescue shelters in 2009, the first full year of the worldwide recession. Dogs and cats are popular pets in the UK and two of the authors of the new estimate study, Dr. Jane Murray a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2012 - 4:30am

Brangelina: 51% to Last 15 Years

Last month I wrote an equation with New York Times columnist, John Tierney, calculating the chances a celebrity marriage will last. Some looked rosy (Kate and Prince William) and some looked less rosy (Will Smith and Jada Pinkett are in a dangerous window ...

Blog Post - Garth Sundem - Apr 17 2012 - 2:54pm

Dalai Lama Gets Templeton Prize For Science According To Templeton

Tenzin Gyatso, who some call “Dalai Lama” and other funny names, has been awarded the 2012 Templeton Prize, as announced here, and if you look at the given justification, you could be excused for mistaking the Templeton Prize for a straight science award ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 19 2012 - 3:21am

Chimp homicide?

Recently, Real Clear Science drew our attention to Chimps show lethal side, about incidents where chimps kill other chimps. Or “apes kill each other”, as the article actually says, but in my more hyper-logical frame of mind that sounds a bit like “pistol ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Apr 19 2012 - 4:17am

Requiem for Humanity — Star Wars vs. Stone Age

SUMMARY George Friedman has observed that the entire pattern of traditional life is collapsing and no clear alternative patterns are emerging. This view is appropriate to our times. The human race is in transition. No one; human or artificial intelligence ...

Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Apr 20 2012 - 2:29pm

So Called Censorship And Real Censorship

A statement about more people focusing on the content (rather than side issues) of my column lately has led to an out of hand comment section over on Enrico Uva’s Quote of the Week. The comments are mainly people* complaining about “censorship” on Science ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 23 2012 - 8:42pm

EFIC-Grünenthal Grant For Young Scientists In Pain Research

Young scientists from across Europe are invited to apply for the EFIC-Gruenenthal Grant (E-G-G) 2012, one of the most highly regarded pain research grants worldwide. Provided by the European Federation of IASP(R) Chapters (EFIC(R)) and the pharmaceutical ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 23 2012 - 12:30pm

Delaying Childbearing For Social Reasons? The Societal Cost Is High

If you are freezing eggs or ovarian tissue to delay childbearing for social reasons, society should reply 'thanks, but no thanks', according to a recent analysis. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 23 2012 - 3:49pm

NARPAA: Official Statement On Judge Rotenberg Center

Steven Muller, President of The National Association of Residential Providers for Adults with Autism has released the following statement regarding the Judge Rotenberg Center: The video of staff at the Judge Rotenberg Center applying electrical shock as pu ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Apr 27 2012 - 1:59pm

Should Science Subsidize Basket Weaving?

Two decades after colleges got politicians to declare a college education a 'right' (fuzzy correlation/causation statistics showing a college education meant higher lifetime earnings made that part easy), schools that have put up lots of new buil ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 1 2012 - 9:52pm