Science & Society
- The End Of Aggressive Health Care, And Hospitals With Lower Failure-To-Rescue Rates
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In modern times, doctors in medical school and residency are steeped in a 'teach to the protocol' environment, mandated by the government and the threat of lawsuits if bold efforts don't work. With the gradual takeover of health care by gov ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2014 - 11:01am
- How Myths And Tabloids Feed On Anomalies In Science
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The need for caution when any anomaly is revealed in new research. Credit: Flickr/ Adam Gerard, CC BY-NC-SA By Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH: What do we actually mean by research and how does it help inform our understandin ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 1 2014 - 4:48pm
- 10 Mistakes We All Make When Interpreting Research
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Oh no – not that mistake again. Credit: Flickr/Alex Proimos, CC BY-NC By Will J Grant, Australian National University and Rod Lamberts, Australian National University ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 2 2014 - 8:27pm
- What Do World University Rankings Actually Mean?
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In third place, Oxford University is the top UK institution in the World University Rankings 2014-15. Image: Andrew Matthews/PA Archive By Steven C. Ward, Western Connecticut State University From the “best beaches” to the “best slice of pizza” to the be ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 3 2014 - 7:00am
- As Majority Status Declines, Whites Will Have Less Support For Diversity, Say Psychologists
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UCLA psychologists using a scale of responses to scenarios are saying that white Americans may view diversity and multiculturalism negatively as the U.S. moves toward becoming a minority-majority nation. The psychologists divided 98 white Americans from a ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 3 2014 - 5:00pm
- Is Biomedical Research Not As Good As Previous Generations?
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Dr. Steve McKnight is President of the American Society For Biochemistry And Molecular Biology and chairman of the biochemistry department at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He has probably also made a few enemies among young ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 7 2014 - 6:00am
- How To Plan For A Better Death
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We all have the legal right to refuse health care. Credit: Warren Goldswain By Margaret Brown, University of South Australia Have you thought about how you would want to be treated if you cannot make your own decisions? ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 7 2014 - 12:30pm
- Despite Hacking Awareness, Teens Still Sending Naked Selfies
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Despite the publicity of high-profile celebrities having their iPhones hacked and private pictures distributed across the Internet, a new paper confirms that substantial numbers of teens are sexting – sending and receiving explicit sexual images via cellp ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2014 - 6:30pm
- What Gone Girl Tells Us About American Degrowth
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David Fincher's film shows the desolation of failed suburban promises. Credit: Twentieth Century Fox By Julie McIntyre, University of Newcastle ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 10 2014 - 10:30am
- Is Space Still Awesome?
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The pale blue dot. Credit: NASA By Monica Grady, The Open University World Space Week is one of a series of events co-ordinated by the UN to celebrate the global nature of space exploration. It was established in 1999. ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 11 2014 - 10:02am
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