Science & Society

Waning Science Journalism and Web 2.0

What ecological niche does a site like this occupy in the world of science journalism? Nature this week has an editorial ("Critical Journalism", subscription required) about the fact that coverage of science and technology news has declined in pr ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 23 2010 - 12:07am

Notes on World Autism day and Budget Cuts at Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories

  Well I know that not everyone's computer can do Youtube (especially if it is older or uses a less common OS). So Here I write the gist of what I said. World Autism Awareness day was April 2 nd 2008 as designated by the United Nations. Which was a g ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Apr 4 2008 - 12:41pm

Are You A Married Man? Then You Are Basically A Huge Housekeeping Time Sink For Your Wife

Having a husband creates an extra seven hours a week of housework for women, according to a University of Michigan study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families. For men, the picture is very different: A wife saves men from about an hour of ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2008 - 4:11pm

Bioengineered Bone For Facial Reconstructive Surgery

Current strategies for jaw reconstruction require multiple procedures, first to repair the bone defect to offer sufficient support, and then to place the tooth implant. The entire procedure can be painful and time-consuming, and the desired esthetic and fu ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2008 - 7:40pm

Medicare: $8.8 Billion Cost And Over 238,000 Potentially Preventable Deaths From Medical Errors

Patient safety incidents cost the federal Medicare program $8.8 billion and resulted in 238,337 potentially preventable deaths during 2004 through 2006, according to HealthGrades' fifth annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study. HealthGrades&# ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2008 - 12:47am

Michael Shermer On Stein And “Expelled”

Skeptic Society’s mastermind and author Michael Shermer is about to release a review of the latest nonsense entry in the evolution-creation wars: Ben Stein’s movie entitled “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.” ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jan 27 2009 - 8:03pm

Geert Lovink-‘Internet Governance Is The Perfect 21st Century Battleground’

Open Knowledge, cyber-activism and social uses of technologies are some of the topics that Dutch Media theorist and activist Geert Lovink likes to tackle. He is Associate Professor in the Media & Culture department at the University of Amsterdam and ho ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2008 - 11:07am

The East West Cultural Divide Even Applies To Emotions

You already knew that eastern and western cultures regard many aspects of every day life differently but researchers from Canada, Japan and Amsterdam say that eastern and western cultures even assess situations differently based on the perception of emotio ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2008 - 5:30am

Climate Experts Discuss The Accuracy Of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"

There is no question that Al Gore’s 2006 documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" is a powerful example of how scientific knowledge can be communicated to a lay audience. What continues to be debated is whether it accurately presents the scientific ar ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2008 - 11:10am

How To Win At The Stock Market? No Morning Sex

A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge says that traders with high morning testosterone levels make more than average profits for the rest of that day. This influence of steroids naturally produced in the body (specifically testosterone ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2008 - 5:12pm