Science & Society

New Boffin/bobby Forensics Report Sends Rubber Glove, Metal Scraper Sales Skyrocketing

An article published in the Journal of Forensic Science details the fruits of a collaboration between the University of Leicester and the Northamptonshire Police, which led to a “major breakthrough” in crime detection, perhaps allowing “hundreds of cold ca ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Jun 2 2008 - 4:36pm

Study Tackles Short CEO Lifespans, Somehow Misses Sarbanes-Oxley

A new study by Yan Zhang at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management seeks to determine why CEOs leave the job after a short period. Of the 204 company leaders Zhang studied from 1993 to 1998, 55 (27 percent) left their jobs within three ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2008 - 9:54am

Sports- Does The Home Field Advantage Really Exist?

At Euro 2008, the soccer championship for European countries held every four years, this event, held jointly in two countries, means both Austria and Switzerland regard themselves as having the upper hand due to the "twelfth man"- home field adva ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 4 2008 - 5:27pm

Simplistic Health Service Reforms Are Hurting Patient Care

Simplistic and unpiloted NHS reforms are inadvertently damaging patient care in general practice, according to a group of academics writing in this week's BMJ. Professor Howie, from the University of Edinburgh, writing with colleagues, criticises rece ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 6 2008 - 12:21am

Do Blockbuster Movie Sequels Make Money? You Bet

If you're anything like us, you're wondering how shockingly bad films like Battle for the Planet of the Apes get made. The simple reason is that sequels, even bad ones, tend to make more money than original films, according to a new study in the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 6 2008 - 10:35am

Women More Likely To Avoid HIV Prevention Brochures Showing Men

A new study in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology reviewed the behavior of participants exposed to various HIV brochures. Researchers found that both men and women were likely to avoid gender-mismatched brochures. Women, however, were more likely to ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2008 - 2:03pm

This is Why Politicians Shouldn't Be In Charge of Study Sections, Part 2

The NY Times today has a profile on Congress's 3 PhD physicists. Congressman Vernon Ehlers (R, Michigan), PhD, tells the NY Times that he has had to stop his Congressional colleagues from trying to cut funding for research on game theory and ATM- appa ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Sep 28 2012 - 9:18pm

You Know The Meeting You Are At Is Too Big When...

Now- I confess I was really impressed with how ASM handled this enormous meeting I was just at. If you are going to have a big meeting, ASM does a smashing job. And I can see how such big meetings can have their appeal- the diversity of work and activitie ...

Article - Jonathan Eisen - Jun 12 2008 - 12:07pm

First Universal Theory Of Humor Explains Our Success As A Species

CARLISLE, England, June 13 /PRNewswire/-- Published today, The Pattern Recognition Theory of Humour, by Alastair Clarke, answers the eternal question about the nature of humor. Clarke explains how and why we find things funny and identifies the reason hum ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2008 - 4:48pm

61% Of Brits Think Their Extra-Terrestrial Doritos Advertisement Will Work

Today Doritos makes history, taking the UK’s first step in communicating with aliens as they broadcast the first ever advert directed towards potential extra terrestrial life. The transmission is being undertaken as part of the Doritos Broadcast Project, w ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2008 - 9:16am