Science & Society

Gated Communities Lock Out Equality

Villa Bajo Flores in Buenos Aires. Roy Maconachie, CC BY-SA By Séverine Deneulin, University of Bath and Roy Maconachie, University of Bath ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 2 2014 - 10:43am

The 'Valley Of Death' Between Academia And Commercializing A Product

A professor with a company and the idea of commercial success with something they developed is very common, in everything from biotechnology to software. But the 'Valley of Death' between the lab and a company is daunting.   In Physics World, Ja ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2014 - 11:56am

Sexism In Academic Science Is Overstated

Academic science has been in a bit of a cultural schism; groups like the National Science Foundation and universities have spent billions of dollars promoting the idea that academic science is the only real science- discovery- which has led to a glut of Ph ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2014 - 12:29pm

Half Of Liverpool Stop Smoking Services Users Tried E-Cigarettes

Over 51 percent participants in the Liverpool Stop Smoking Service have tried electronic cigarettes and almost 46 percent are currently using them. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 4 2014 - 12:14pm

Brand It Like Beckham: 4 Things Posh Spice Can Teach Young Entrepreneurs

Brand Beckham. Dave Thompson/PA Wire By Tamara Friedrich, University of Warwick Victoria Beckham has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by Management Today. She topped their list of 100 successful entrepreneurs thanks to her fashion company’s turnover, w ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 5 2014 - 11:30am

Tobacco Shop Density Causes Teens To Smoke

Do stores that carry cigarettes create new smokers or do they carry cigarettes because their customers smoke? Would a nexus of comic book stores create more comic book readers? Will that work with broccoli? A new geography paper matches smoking to store l ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2014 - 8:00am

Republicans Took Back Congress, Leading To Angst In Science Blogging

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Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 7 2014 - 1:28am

Science Of Dancing: How To Best Learn A Dance Sequence

What is the best way to learn a dance sequence? Professional dancers make it look easy. A choreographer rattles off a long list of moves, kicks and turns and the dancers somehow remember it all. But what about the rest of us who will be hitting the club t ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2014 - 1:55pm

No Greater Insult: E.O. Wilson Dismisses Richard Dawkins As 'A Journalist'

In the first decade of the the new millennium, there was a lot of hand-wringing about the cutting of science journalism jobs at mainstream news outlets. The groundswell of support was...okay, it was nonexistent, really just limited to science journalists. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 18 2014 - 11:41am

Robert Langer, Ed Witten Awarded 2014 Kyoto Prizes In Medicine And Science

The Inamori Foundation has awarded the 2014 Kyoto Prizes to biomedical engineer Dr. Robert Langer in medicine, theoretical physicist Professor Edward Witten in math, and Fukumi Shimura in the Arts. Each laureate received a diploma, a 20-karat gold Kyoto Pr ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2014 - 5:09pm