Science & Society

Progressive Anti-Science: Biologists Are Just Tinkerers

Do you work in genetics? If so, you are out to ruin the brains of children, according to a claim at Alternet.org. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 31 2012 - 10:23am

Product Failure: The Food Industry's Area 51

Null results are important in science, but that doesn't mean scientists want other people to see theirs. The reason is obvious: competition.  If one group has a null result and another group is working on something similar, they potentially give the c ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 25 2012 - 5:30am

Engineering: Men Cancel Cheerleader Performance And Women Protest

If you believe that disparity between male and female salaries is sexism or at least gender bias, well, you may have a point.   There's no doubt that, outside single women and men, there is a pay difference (lower for women) and an hours worked differ ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 19 2012 - 4:06pm

Visualizing Science And What It Can Show Us About Solar Heating

Data visualization is gaining increased importance. Unlike arcane statistics (damned lies), visualizing data can provide context for a very big story- even enormous datasets like the heating and cooling effects of the sun. Nicholeen Viall, a solar scientis ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2012 - 6:00pm

Was Charles Darwin a Plagiarist? Darwin’s Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution

Today, scientists are extremely careful in making sure they cite others’ works, if not for ethical reasons because plagiarism destroys reputations and is potentially a career ender. However, in the past for some scientists including Charles Darwin and Jam ...

Blog Post - Randall Mayes - Sep 18 2012 - 3:55pm

Arianna Huffington Can Save Science

Do you care about children?   If so, says Arianna Huffington, you'd better ask for more regulations that augment helicopter parenting with nanny government- and you'd better be part of the 1% that will be able to afford food when all pesticides a ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 24 2012 - 3:18pm

What diet should we all be on, anyway?

In the last 2 years, ever since my daughter was diagnosed with a milk protein allergy, I have done a lot of personal research on diets and the effects of food on our bodies. ...

Blog Post - Mrs. H. - Jul 24 2012 - 11:02am

"Meatless Mondays"- USDA Called 'Extremist Vegetarians'

The Agriculture Department is supposed to promote agriculture, including meat, but it seems someone in there once read a flawed metric that claims it takes a gallon of gas to produce a pound of beef and recommended USDA employees go meatless to save the wo ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 26 2012 - 6:09pm

Claims Require Evidence, Not Hyperbole

One of the things I emphasize to my students in composition classes is that claims require evidence. All claims in a paper should be backed by evidence. Not simply stated and assumed true. Not propped up by fallacies. Backed by evidence. ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jul 28 2012 - 1:51pm

Science Journalism: 'Revealers of the Rotten'?

Science journalism used to not have that 'science' qualifier.  It was journalism, like any other kind, but about science. Last decade, though, science journalism lost its way, as we have discussed many times before. Too many science journalists b ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 30 2012 - 2:12am