Science & Society

Stop The Fines And Blame Games: Let's End The War On Parents

Under siege. Parents in confusion by Dmitry Kalinovsky/ Shutterstock By Dennis Hayes, University of Derby ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 27 2019 - 6:43pm

Unelected Officials: We Don't Need Civic Education, Bureaucrats Do

In the modern era, a great deal of policy decisions are made by people who do not report to the public. If the EPA agrees to settle a lawsuit with canoers by calling water a pollutant, they can just do it, and stick local government with a $500 million li ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2014 - 4:24pm

Open Access for European CERN Scientist in American Physical Society Journals.

It seems that CERN and the American Physical Society APS have struck a deal to make every article published by CERN in certain APS journals  open access.  The announcement I saw read this.  ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 18 2014 - 10:43am

Fracking Blamed For Too Many Hotel Rooms

Five years ago, it was good luck finding a hotel anywhere near the rural areas where natural gas extraction- fracking- was taking place. The boom in natural gas meant a boom in employment and a boom in hotel rooms to keep workers. The wealth boosted Penns ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2014 - 6:00pm

Who Else Is Annoyed At Having To Slow Down For Inactive Road Construction Sites?

We've all been driving and come upon signs warning us that construction is happening and we have to slow down for the safety of workers and that penalties are going to be doubled. We see billboards with children imploring us to reduce speed because t ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2014 - 10:24am

Domestic Violence For Same-Sex Couples Much Higher

A new review of literature suggests that while domestic violence rates are higher for homosexual couples, they aren't as high as previous studies have found, and the authors of the paper say the minority stress model may explain the high prevalence r ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2014 - 1:30pm

'Cli-Fi': Literary Genre Rises To Prominence In The Shadow Of Climate Change

Could novels help us fight climate change? Credit: Asian Development Bank/ flickr By Stephanie LeMenager, University of Oregon A frail risk analyst rediscovers his inner frontiersman in a devastating flood that hits Manhattan; an insightful rural woman gl ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 19 2014 - 3:03pm

Ig Nobel Prizes 2014: From Jesus On Toast To Baby Feces In Sausages

Lord Toast. Credit: Catarina Mota, CC BY-NC-SA By Akshat Rathi, The Conversation and Flora Lisica, The Conversation The 24th Ig Nobel prizes were announced on September 18th. The prizes annually award scientific research that “first makes people laugh and ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 19 2014 - 4:30pm

More Children Making Music, But Are Lessons Too Conventional?

Does this count as homework? Credit: Rob Boudon, CC BY By Mark Banks, University of Leicester ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 20 2014 - 3:05pm

Vitriolic Abuse Of Anita Sarkeesian: Why The Games Industry Needs Her

Sarkeesian has been the focus of much online hatred since she started her website Feminist Frequency in 2009. Credit: Anita Sarkeesian By Jessamy Gleeson, Swinburne University of Technology Three weeks ago, well-known feminist gaming critic Anita Sarkeesi ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 22 2014 - 6:29pm