Science & Society

The 27 Club Is A Myth: 56 Is The Bum Note For Musicians

Jimi Hendrix is a member of the so-called 27 Club. A very exclusive club, as it turns out. EPA/Eduardo Miranda By Dianna Kenny, University of Sydney I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. – Groucho Marx Now he’s gone and joined that stu ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 18 2014 - 5:30pm

The Whip, The Lash And The Blood, Sweat And Semen Of Jazz

Dr. Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) and Andrew (Miles Teller) in Whiplash By Lauren Rosewarne, University of Melbourne A decade of piano lessons with a woman who never allowed my lack of passion, prowess or practice ruin a good thing, exists as a mere red herring ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 19 2014 - 9:00am

Vaping – The 2014 Word Of The Year

You're twice as likely to chat about vaping than you were in 2013. Tibanna79 By Robbie Love, Lancaster University Selfies were so 2013. But vaping’s in: Oxford Dictionaries have announced vape as its international Word of the Year 2014. The runners u ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 18 2014 - 7:30pm

Interstellar Is A Dangerous Fantasy Of US Colonialism

A new America? Warner Bros. Pictures By Peter Bloom, The Open University "Interstellar" has been praised for its attempt to make the “hard science” of astrophysics both accessible and exciting to a popular audience. Through cutting-edge special ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 18 2014 - 9:00pm

Teenage Boys: The Forgotten Group In Body Image Narratives

America talks a lot about body image, but only as it relates to girls. The war on thin women is in full swing, obesity is all the rage. Even lingerie companies have plus-sized models and when a European engineer wore a shirt that a female artist friend ma ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 20 2014 - 1:51pm

Job Hunting? Leave Your Politics Off The Resume

After the mid-term elections in the United States, a lot of Democratic staffers are looking for new jobs. A new study finds that it's better to focus on skills in that new resume, and put the recent experience section farther down the page. For those ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 20 2014 - 2:57pm

Low Female Sports Coverage In Media Due To Gender Bias

Female American athletes get less coverage in the media due to gender bias and instead what attention they get focuses more on attire, or how attractive, sexy or ladylike they are, write Emily Kaskan and Ivy Ho of the University of Massachusetts Lowell in ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 20 2014 - 2:07pm

Little Considered: Treatment Of Transgendered Prison Inmates

It's pretty common in culture, from Turkey to Tennessee, for a public that otherwise does not condone rape to joke about it when it comes to male criminals. And the more heinous the crime, not only does it become acceptable, but almost demanded in a ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 22 2014 - 1:18pm

GMO Labels Are Good For The $105 Billion Organic Industry- But No One Else

Frank Priestley, President of the Idaho Farm Bureau, notes that some consumers will benefit from GMO labeling laws- if those consumers are organic farmers and have an audience so educated by advertising that they will pay almost any price for 'health& ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 21 2014 - 5:40pm

Big Data Could Be A Big Problem For Workplace Discrimination Law

What if whether you got a job was determined by which web browser you used? Shutterstock By Mark Burdon, The University of Queensland and Paul Harpur, The University of Queensland Staff recruitment and retention are an ongoing challenge for employers. Pro ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 23 2014 - 6:19pm