Science & Society
- If You Care About The Organic Revolution, Disavow Mike Adams
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Revolutions are messy business, they require participation by a type of personality that is not very savory; militant, bombastic, a little crazy. ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 26 2014 - 12:13pm
- Moral Identity, Empathy And Justice: Why Some People Donate More To Charity
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In America, where categorization becomes easy because there are two main political parties, it is well-known that right-wing people donate more to charity. This makes sense; people who believe in smaller government should be willing to help their fellow ma ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2014 - 12:01pm
- Comparing The Risks Of Treatments For Esophageal Cancer- Review
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A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute addresses the risks associated with the growing popularity of endoscopic resection in the treatment of localized, early-stage esophageal cancer. Researchers found that the more traditional surgic ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 28 2014 - 11:59am
- The 2008 Financial Crisis Was Not Caused By Short Selling
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In the summer of 2008, the US economy was clipping along as well as it had ever been. There were people in the know who recognized that actual economic output was down and the drivers were housing sales, including President Bush and his economic advisors ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 30 2014 - 3:00am
- Rural Studies Show Informal Child Care Works
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Scholars studying the child care sector in Kansas, particularly in rural areas, have found that informal child care services create a large economic impact in the state. Informal child care services include unlicensed facilities, unreported day care serv ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 30 2014 - 1:00am
- Medicaid May Be Why So Many Mentally Ill People Are In Prison
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In the 1800s, mentally ill people were in jail. Then they were put in more humane mental hospitals. But then mental hospitals got vilified in mainstream news stories and horror movies and they were closed and now mentally ill people are back in jails, 10 ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 30 2014 - 5:30am
- The Great War Began 100 Years Ago Today: Here's History That Gets Ignored
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The history of World War I- since there was no II then, it was simply The Great War- is well-known. Volumes have been written about why European monarchs, related to each other, nonetheless rolled "the iron dice" and sent millions of young men to ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2014 - 4:34pm
- Big Data
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Nothing boosts the prospects of page hits on a blog – or funding of a grant proposal – like the phrase “big data.” Why are we enamored with “big data”? ...
Article - Fred Phillips - Aug 2 2014 - 10:18am
- 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