Science & Society
- Why Swimming Pools Can't Raise Prices
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If it isn't taxes, it is OPEC but oil prices are likely to go up- people are still going to drive. It's necessary. So is physical fitness but a new economics analysis finds that if prices to swim go up, people are inclined to drop it rather than ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2014 - 10:16am
- Emily Willingham, David Robert Grimes: Joint Winners Of Maddox Prize Defended Science Despite Threats
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Standing up for science. Credit: Sense About Science By Lydia Le Page, University of Edinburgh The 3rd annual John Maddox Prize has been awarded to Emily Willingham, a science writer in the US, and David Robert Grimes, a physicist at the University of Oxf ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 28 2014 - 4:01pm
- Confucius Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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Confucius stands guard at Beijing's Renmin University. George (Sam) Crane, Author provided By Sam (George T.) Crane, Williams College ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 29 2014 - 9:55am
- In The UK NHS, Interest In Being A General Practicioner Has Dwindled
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The United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) is very popular with people who have no serious issues, because it is free- if they have to wait a few weeks, it is no big deal. For doctors, it isn't so great. The cost to attend medical school ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2014 - 11:34am
- Who Trusts Government The Most? Black Republicans
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The far left in America loves government. Advocacy groups are always calling for new laws, new regulations, new bans and more layers of bureaucracy to put a stop to whatever they dislike. The right is increasingly suspicious of it, regarding every policy ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2014 - 10:09am
- This Mid-Term Election Can Have Evolutionary Consequences
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How can the international community know it is election time in the United States? A whole raft of claims about science and why you should vote one way or the other will be produced. Some people have even claimed politics is hard-wired, which would mean th ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2014 - 11:58am
- Talking While Female: 6 Things About The Perception Of Women's Voices
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You may not have realized it, but women's voices are a big topic. For women, at least. I suppose it may be true. If someone asks me to describe the characters in television comedy "The Big Bang Theory", my natural response would be 'th ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 1 2014 - 10:03am
- Mercury Program: Want To Own The Camera Used By Schirra And Cooper In Space? It's Up For Auction
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The camera and lens that Wally Schirra and Gordo Cooper carried into space during their Mercury Program flights is going up for auction in a few weeks. Wally Schirra, a known camera enthusiast, said the Hasselblad camera they used was held in highest rega ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2014 - 2:57pm
- When It Comes To Climate Science, Fox News And Liberal Media Both Distort
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For MSNBC, climate change is an opportunity to stoke anger over conservative “denialists.” MSNBC 5/12/14 By Matthew Nisbet, Northeastern University Recent Pew Research Center studies offer valuable insight on the ideological makeup of those Americans most ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 30 2014 - 10:15am
- Should Women Be Standing Alongside The 'Father' Of Modern Gynecology?
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J. Marion Sims by Jim.Henderson, CC BY-SA By David T. Z. Mindich, St. Michael's College On an October day in 1894, a group of New York City’s leading doctors gathered to unveil a statue in honor of one of the greatest surgeons of his day and the foun ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 30 2014 - 10:31am