Science & Society
- This Is Not My Grandpa's Organic
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Article - Steve Savage - Oct 13 2014 - 5:36pm
- Recent College Graduates See Job Boom
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Though the American economy remains in a malaise, with alarming numbers of people chronically unemployed for so long they no longer are considered unemployed because they can't get unemployment benefits any more, two areas have been exempt from that- ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2014 - 12:44pm
- Ada Lovelace And Others Inspire Women In STEM, But We Must Make Careers Worth Their While
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It's Ada Lovelace day. Image credit: unknown By Jan Bogg, University of Liverpool Throughout the year there are special days that see newsagents fill with celebratory cards. Perhaps punched cards would be more appropriate for Ada Lovelace Day, which ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 14 2014 - 6:59pm
- The Anti-Gender Agenda
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We’ve been having a lot of interesting items here on Science 2.0 coming from an Anglo-Oz joint venture called The Conversation,. One that struck me most forcibly has been Masculinity And Terror: The Missing Conversation, linked to a paper When Ba ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 15 2014 - 4:19am
- Women Living In Poverty Blame Lovers And Children
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Having children young and a dysfunctional romantic relationship are the two most frequently cited reasons when low-income mothers are asked about why they find themselves in poverty, say sociology scholars Kristin Mickelson of the School of Social and Beh ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2014 - 4:30pm
- Jennifer Laude HER identity is lost in translation. Western media outlets are re victimizing her.
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Lazy literal translations are no excuse for insensitivity. Bakla may translate as gay and the Philippine culture may respect transwomen in a different manner than we do in the US but the US and EU media ought not call Jennifer Laude, Jeffery or He even if ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 16 2014 - 7:02am
- Pope Sets Off A 'Gay Earthquake'? No, The Church Has Hardly Moved
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The extraordinary synod of bishops on family is meeting for two weeks at the Vatican. Credit: EPA/L'Osservatore Romano By Timothy Jones, La Trobe University ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 15 2014 - 10:01pm
- Should First Responders Use Acupuncture And Hypnosis During Disasters?
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When most people think of first responders, they think of paramedics or combat medics or other medically-trained personnel doing CPR and other life-saving procedures in stressful situations. They do not think of acupuncture. A review article in Medical A ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2014 - 3:55pm
- #GAMERGATE Style Harassment Does Not Happen in the Male Dominated Sciences
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The Sciences occur in actual colleges with codes of discipline, more importantly a "college" of people known in each field keeps the peace and diffuses most situations remotely similar to #Gamergate. ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 14 2015 - 10:53pm
- Science Left Behind: The Anti-Vaccine Update Update
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Last week I did an update on the anti-vaccine situation in America compared to 2012, when my book, Science Left Behind, was published. I noted that things have gotten better, primarily because people on the left have turned on those people on the left who ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 20 2014 - 5:53pm
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