Science & Society

AirAsia 8501- More Bodies Retrieved, More Data Released

AirAsia 8501- More Bodies Retrieved, More Data Released Detik News reports that there was some difficulty in relocating the fuselage.  Sidescan sonar was used and the fuselage was discovered "a few centimeters" from the last reported coordinates ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 22 2015 - 5:37am

California Has Had Anti-Vaccine Hotbeds Since 2000

By using spatial analysis software and electronic medical records to identify clusters of under-immunization and vaccine refusal among Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California, researches don't just know where anti-vaccine sentiment is more p ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2015 - 9:00am

CohBar Completes IPO To Develop Mitochondrial-Derived Therapeutics

CohBar, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on discovering mitochondrial-derived peptides and developing them into therapeutics, completed an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 11,250,000 units at a price of $1.00 each.  All units consist of one share of C ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2015 - 11:32pm

Binary Gender — Mud across the Atlantic

I have recently been enjoying a bit of cross-Atlantic mud-slinging with some of our most prolific writers, most recently on the subject of which is the true and authentic version of Football. However, there are occasions where the urge to do this must be ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jan 26 2015 - 11:44am

Acceptance Of Evolution Is Far Higher Than Acceptance Of Other Biology

In American scientization of politics culture, evolution acceptance is a big deal, as is climate change. Yet other science acceptance issues get much less attention. Why? Evolution and climate change are not the most pressing short-term science issues we f ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 29 2015 - 2:23pm

Stigma: Nearly Half Of Workers Won't Tell Their Boss About A Mental Health Problem

A long-running gag in film and television comedies is for an employee at a corporation who may be in trouble to invent an illness covered in the policy handbook, such as alcoholism or drug addiction. In those stories, the employee then cannot be fired and ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2015 - 1:23pm

Religious People View Science Favorably But Reject Some Theories- Just Like Everyone Else

90 percent of the American public consider themselves spiritual so why is there a belief that 'religious' people are less likely to accept science? Environmentalism is certainly akin to its own religion, as is alternative medicine, and they are a ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2015 - 12:00am

Outreach Needed? Boys Lag Behind Girls In Academic Achievement

A lot of cultural angst and even more money is tied up in the notion that girls are somehow being left behind and more awareness of the issue, along with programs against sexism, have become common, even at the graduate levels of universities. But the orig ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2015 - 9:00am

Multiculturalism Is Not Dead

Multiculturalism was once a good thing- people learned about the world outside their own neighborhoods- but it has become bad. Instead of being a positive, multiculturalism is often invoked by people with an agenda; people who want to promote division amon ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2015 - 11:07am

Collectivism Ruins Creativity

Every business wants to capitalize on imagination and innovation- but a corporate structure may be the wrong way to promote it. And if you really want to kill creativity, have social authoritarians in government controlling your culture. Collectivism is b ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2015 - 7:01pm