Science & Society
- Progressive Anti-Science: Biologists Are Just Tinkerers
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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
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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
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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
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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
- Frankenstein Was Not A GMO
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The Los Angeles Times got a little Huffington Post-ish in an article July 17th about Oxitec's genetically modified mosquito to control dengue outbreaks in various poor countries- and perhaps even in the Florida Keys. ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 12 2014 - 8:05pm
- Was Charles Darwin a Plagiarist? Darwin’s Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution
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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
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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?
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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'
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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
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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