Science & Society

Do GMO Crops Foster Monocultures?

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Article - Steve Savage - Aug 7 2014 - 3:26pm

California Diary: Excerpts From The Era Of The Great Blue Fog

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Article - Greg Critser - Aug 11 2014 - 9:43am

Dismal Science: How Useful Is Economics And How Is Economics Useful?

In the 1950s and '60s, economics in America really had a heyday. Tinkering is easy when the economy is good. By the 1970s, it was realized that economics truly was, as historian Thomas Carlyle labeled it in the 19th century, a "dismal science&qu ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2014 - 10:08am

Sixteen days in to my Kickstarter, $55 for science, discounted publishing fees, and a modified project.

14 days are left in my kickstarter and I have $55 in  pledges as of this writing.  However, I have discounts from the publishers.  This kickstarter may have influenced the prospective publishers of my papers to give me about $1000 in discounts. ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Aug 19 2014 - 8:37pm

In China, These Men Face A Wage Gap Women Don't

In China, there is no wage disparity for one classification of women but there is pay inequality among similarly classed men, according to a sociology presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association which analyzed economic disp ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2014 - 11:00am

Militarized Policing Is Not The Answer To Ferguson’s Problems

By Chris Cocking, University of Brighton The town of Ferguson, Missouri has now seen ten days of almost nightly disorder following the shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by the police. The decision to bring in the National Guard has not quelled the ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 19 2014 - 7:00pm

Would Open Science Solve Bottlenecks In Developing Biopharmaceutical Products?

Due to increased regulations, a culture war against pharmaceutical corporations, and the high costs of trials, companies have increasingly allowed early taxpayer-funded biomedical research to spread the risk among hundreds of millions of people. The pace ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 11:00am

Muslims Are Not Too Culturally Immature For Democracy

When America invaded both Iraq and Afghanistan, critics of President George Bush insisted that Muslim countries were not ready for democracy and he would fail.  Were they right? Does Islam only lend itself to dictatorships? The record in the past hundred ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 6:30pm

Snowplow, Helicopter – Medieval? Parenting Advice For The Ages

Christine de Pisan instructs her son, Jean de Castel, c.1413. Source: Wikimedia Commons By Juanita Feros Ruys, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director of the Medieval and Early Modern Centre at University of Sydney ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 22 2014 - 8:00am

Citizen Scientists As Sentinels: Saving Lives Near The Throat Of Fire

A volunteer group of citizen scientists set up to safeguard communities around the 'Throat of Fire' Tungurahua volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes is saving lives, according to a new paper. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2014 - 8:47am