Science & Society

Edutainment: Why University Lecturers Play To Their Audience

Can you dance like Robbie Williams? It would go down great in a lecture hall. Jonathan Brady/PA Archive By Justin O'Brien, Royal Holloway ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 16 2015 - 8:30am

How Prevalent Is Islamic Fundamentalism In Europe? It's Alarming

Last week's terrorist attacks in Paris were religiously-based and they have brought to the fore an issue that France, and most of Europe, had chosen to ignore: determining how prevalent religious fundamentalism is. A new paper says that creating Musli ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2015 - 12:25pm

Survey Finds New Cause Of Gender Gap In Academia

There is a gender gap in some fields of academia. Some are skewed heavily toward women and some are skewed heavily toward men, though some have too little variation to be meaningful. But why are there any gaps at all? Various explanations have been offered ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2015 - 12:12pm

The Bogus Link Between Ivory And Terrorism

They're suspected al-Shabaab militants – but probably not ivory traders. UN, CC BY-NC-SA By Diogo Veríssimo, Georgia State University It is often said that if something is repeated often enough, it becomes accepted as true. This has certainly been th ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 18 2015 - 12:31pm

The Laws of Science Teaching at Community Colleges.

These semi-serious but mostly joking statements are based on my observations as a student and as a Adjunct Professor at community colleges.  Thinking about the initiative to give school through the associates degree for free brings this to mind.  First a w ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 17 2015 - 12:44pm

We're Playing Classical Music All Wrong

Look lively! Stokkete/Shutterstock By Clive Brown, University of Leeds After a very drawn out and fraught construction, the Philharmonie de Paris is finally open. The 2,400 seat concert hall was conceived with ambitious plans to democratize classical musi ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 19 2015 - 11:46am

Aboriginal Women And High Rates Of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is one of a group of preventable, lifelong conditions (the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders) that may result from high alcohol use in pregnancy. It can cause low IQ, delays in development and problems with learning, academic achiev ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 11:02am

Will Shakespeare, Secret Jesuit?

Literature scholars love to debate Shakespeare. Like 'the greatest baseball player of all time' everyone can have an opinion and they are all just as valid, if even a modicum of thought went into it.(1) He was real, he was not real, he was a frau ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 23 2015 - 12:44am

In Norway, The Key To A Child's Success Is A Rich Stay-At-Home Mother

In an interview of wealthy Norwegian business elites, mothers talked freely about their everyday lives- and why being wealthy enough to not have to work is important to many of them.  Among the 13 families chronicled  by sociologist Helene Aarseth from the ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2015 - 3:11pm

5 Strategies For Writing Medical Review Articles

Let's be honest, review articles are popular because they are easier than studies. Studies can take months or years and require methodology, money and expertise. A review just means finding other papers and figuring out what the consensus is. Want to ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2015 - 3:57pm