Science & Society

In England, 2 Million People Now Eligible For NHS Bariatric Surgery

While it's going to make government accountants cringe, 2,000,000 people in England could be eligible for weight loss surgery, according to a paper in JRSM Open. That figure far exceeds previous estimates of eligibility in England for bariatric surge ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 17 2014 - 4:09pm

Humans- Ruining The Rainforests Since Pretty Much Forever

If you ever watched/read the advocacy cartoon/book/Darwinian morality play "FernGully: The Last Rainforest" you might think that ruining the rainforests is a modern phenomenon brought on by McDonald's hamburgers or guitar makers or whoever ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2014 - 12:32pm

Scientists As Rock Stars: Big Names Lead To Bigger Citations?

Can a big name lead to a boost, even for low-profile work? Indeed it can, according to an analysis which found that scientific papers written by well-known scholars get more attention than they otherwise would receive because of their authors’ high profile ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2014 - 5:29pm

People Complain Less About Travel Issues When The Airline Is Smaller

Airline-related complaints made to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) from 2002 to 2012  reveal that passengers were less likely to make a formal complaint about service quality if they were on a long-established "network" carrier. Pass ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2014 - 2:53pm

Finnish Agriculture Embraces More Capitalism

Agriculture in Finland is becoming more market driven. What will that mean? Fluctuation in prices, more so than with current EU and Finland subsidies and quotas, but better efficiency. Competition will mean fewer farms.  The reason for the changes is becau ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2014 - 10:10am

Medical Tourists Rarely Do Proper Research About Health Consequences

British people traveling abroad for medical treatment are often unaware of the potential health and financial consequences they could face- with sometimes catastrophic effects for individual patients. More than 63,000 UK residents travel abroad for medica ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2014 - 9:36pm

Freelancers: How To Get More Jobs

Estimates say there are over 3,000,000 registered freelancers worldwide, competing for everything from computer programming and web design to finance and engineering. How can you make yourself more attractive to potential employers?   ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2014 - 9:35am

Demonizing E-Cigarettes Is Not Evidence-based

Sometimes it's just public relations. We subsidize nicotine patches but regulators are increasingly interested in banning electronic cigarettes. Such misguided legislation, not backed by sound data, may have consequences for public health, experts sa ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2014 - 10:11am

Energy Drinks Are A Gateway Drug For Teens?

Almost one-third of US adolescents consume high-caffeine energy drinks and the teens who do also report higher rates of alcohol, cigarette, or drug use, according to a paper in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. The same characteristics that attract young ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2014 - 6:41pm

Job Tenure Has Remained Stable Over Time- Except For Men

Are American jobs less stable? Do workers change employers more frequently than in the past? The reflexive answer is yes, especially since unemployment is the worst it's been in decades, but on average that is not the case. On average, job tenure (th ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2014 - 6:43pm