Science & Society
- 'Daughter Aversion' Linked To Contraception Use In Nepal
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Poverty and under-education dampen contraception use in Nepal but another factor may be more intractable: Deeply held cultural preferences for sons over daughters. The cross-sectional study was based on data from the 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Surv ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2013 - 4:38pm
- Stop Outsourcing Research
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It is time that we in the US stop outsourcing research. By this, I refer to the overwhelming dependence we have on research talent brought here from overseas. This is true in the universities in all the physical sciences and engineering. It is increasingly ...
Blog Post - Haym Benaroya - Mar 19 2013 - 4:53pm
- Hunters Criticized In Africa
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Hunting in Africa has halved the number of primates, according to estimates, but that is not the extend of the problem. Primates help with dispersal of seed and the reduction in primates has led to a reduction in the numbers of fruit trees, say biologists ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 22 2013 - 10:56am
- Congress Knows That Science Is Important
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On Wednesday, March 19th, a group of researchers organized by the Society for Neuroscience descended on Capitol Hill to let Congress know how important it was to reverse the budget cuts inflicted by the sequester and increase funding to the NIH and NSF. B ...
Article - David Sloan - Mar 22 2013 - 11:15am
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Industry Report
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Stem cell research and experimentation has been in process for well over five decades and they have been a huge medical success story because stem cells have the unique characteristics whereby they are able to divide and replicate repeatedly in addition t ...
Article - Newswire - Mar 25 2013 - 10:11am
- For Policy Makers, Gun Control Needs To Keep Perspective
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Gun control, a dormant issue for much of the 21st century, became a political hot-button again after the murder of children and adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. To effectively influence a country divided on the issue, e ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2013 - 1:15pm
- Women Make Better Decisions Than Men- Yeah, We Said It
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Women may be terrible drivers but their abilities to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake make them better corporate leaders, humanities scholars have found. ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2013 - 9:39am
- Wind Farm:1- Eagle:0
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Sometimes there is a story with no winner and a bunch of losers. In this case, first among the losers are wind energy subsidies squandered on companies that aren't doing much good at all to bridge us to a clean energy future. California likes to brag ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 26 2013 - 2:48pm
- Sex Discrimination In India Begins In The Womb
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American women extol the technical educations of women in India- it may be that so many women in India are intent on getting a technical degree so they can get out of India. While sexual violence is getting all the current media attention, sexism and othe ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2013 - 10:17am
- Scientific Sleight Of Hand And Monarch Butterflies
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A recent article entitled " Monsanto v Monarch Butterflies " begins by examining the argument that GMO foods are impacting the population of Monarch butterflies. There are enough references and quotes that indicate that this assertion isn't ...
Article - Gerhard Adam - Mar 29 2013 - 10:29am
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