Science & Society

Are Organic Apples At Risk Of Being Redefined As Contaminated?

An Apple Orchard In Bloom There is an interesting new "GMO" apple nearing approval in the US and in Canada called the "Arctic Apple."It was developed by a British Columbia grower-based organization called Okanagan Specialty Fruit. ...

Article - Steve Savage - May 23 2014 - 12:31pm

More Kids Don't Walk To School Because Parents Don't Let Them

It's easy to complain about child obesity but one way to help solve it is to have kids do more exercise in ways that don't feel like exercise; like walking or biking to school. Yet parents, the people most likely to be concerned about child heal ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2014 - 7:30pm

The Direct And Indirect Effects Of Social Marketing On Movies

Word-of-mouth marketing is recognized as a powerful route from long-tail sales to blockbuster and in the age of social media and online networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, spreading the word could mean the difference between consumers seeing a ...

Article - News Staff - May 23 2014 - 10:35am

Christianity Had Greater Influence On Welfare States Than Previously Known

A new paper from the University of Münster finds that religious communities had a much greater influence on the formation of European welfare states than has previously been known. This not a secret, churches cared for poor people when European monarchies ...

Article - News Staff - May 25 2014 - 1:29pm

Why Ebenezer the fossilized Allosaurus does not prove young Earth Creationism.

Four simple reasons that Ebenezer the dinosaur does not prove young Earth creationism. Young Earth creationist are happy to have their own museum at which to present their case. In brief, a dinosaur fossil found in flood deposits means that it was killed i ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - May 26 2014 - 8:24am

Doctor Shortage: Graduate Medical Education System Needs To Be Reformed

The United States contributes almost $10 billion a year from Medicare into funding the Graduate medical education (GME) system but it fails to provide the workforce needed for the 21st century and lacks the necessary transparency and accountability. Inste ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2014 - 4:00pm

Cheap Yuppies: The Demographics Of Heroin Users Have Changed

Heroin is popular again, though not for reasons you expect. Gone are the days of desperate junkies in poverty settings. Now it is primarily cheap young urban professionals. Few studies on the demographics of present day heroin users have compared them to ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2014 - 5:13pm

At Work, Being Bullied Is Better Than Being Ignored

Many people, regardless of occupation, have experienced a difficult boss or annoying co-workers. It might even be harassment or bullying. It's still better than being ignored, according to a paper in Organization Science. University of British Columb ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2014 - 10:30am

Geoscience: The One Area Of Science Where Graduates Don't Outpace Jobs

The American Geosciences Institute's newest Status of the Geoscience Workforce Report, released May 2014, has good news: jobs requiring training in the geosciences continue to be lucrative and in-demand. Even with STEM outreach campaigns causing the ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2014 - 3:43pm

Department Of Justice Isn't Much Interested In Managing Local Police Reform

In 1994, Congress passed 42 U.S.C. Section 14141 as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, granting the U.S. attorney general the power to initiate structural reform litigation against local police departments engaged in a pattern or p ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2014 - 5:00pm