Science & Society

Terrorism Works, If Governments Fight Back?

Terrorism can be a successful strategy for rebel groups during civil war, according to a Michigan State University political science academic, because governments will believe responding with force extends the conflict  Jakana Thomas, assistant professor ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2014 - 10:31am

Treat Homelessness By Making Them Not Homeless

It used to be that homelessness was a way of life- the hobo lifestyle was one of odd jobs and flop houses. But as governments increasingly regulated buildings, flop houses were no longer viable and it is illegal to hire people unless they are registered c ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2014 - 10:51am

Baby On Board Stickers Don't Stop Parents From Using Cellphones With Kids In Their Car

Parents are always worried about their special snowflakes- unless a phone call needs to be  made. Then, parents are no less likely to engage in cell phone and other distracting behavior than the general public, according to a new paper in Academic Pediatr ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2014 - 12:14am

Crime Is Down, Murders Are Down, But The Numbers In Jail Are Not Worth It- Report

In the United States, murders have plummeted in the last 20 years, as has crime. A culture that in the 1980s was commonly projected to be morphing into gangs of youth wilding across urban areas has become just the opposite. Even New York City is reasonabl ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2014 - 5:16pm

60 Years Of Citizen Science For Midwestern Lakes

Over 60 years of data collected across 8 states by citizen scientists may demonstrate their potential to contribute to monitoring long-term lake water trends over a large area, according to results published April 30, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2014 - 10:00pm

3 Rules Of Thumb To Reduce Childhood Obesity

There are three simple family-oriented rules of thumb to overcome childhood obesity. They basically involve limit setting to address the brain's "get more" drive strengthened through habitual over-consumption of temptations including highly ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2014 - 11:20am

UK Children Have One Of The Highest Death Rates In Western Europe

Although, by international standards, the UK has very low rates of deaths in children, within western Europe the UK has a higher rate of deaths in children than nearly every other country in the region. The mortality rate in the UK for children under five ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2014 - 3:06pm

SIDS Persists Despite Recommendations For Safer Sleeping

About 4,000 babies die in their sleep each year from due to suffocation and strangulation despite recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics that infants always be placed on their backs to sleep and that they share a room with parents but not a ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2014 - 9:00am

Privacy Is Not Dead- And 3 Other Privacy Myths Debunked

Privacy discussions of modern times have four pillars- and they are all weak, according to a new article. There are four main arguments about privacy: (1) it is dead; (2) people don't care about privacy and modern youth care even less; people with not ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2014 - 4:00am

Anti-Semitic Behavior Escalated Sharply In 2013

It isn't just U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry insulting Jewish people, the whole world harassed, threatened and used abusive language toward Jews on an individual basis more in 2013. But there was a silver lining; a 20% decline in violent incident ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2014 - 4:30am