Science & Society

An Open Access Pioneer- Trent Reznor

Normally, everything I write about here is at least indirectly connected to science in some way. However, today I am drifting into the world of music. The New York Times had an article a few days ago about Trent Reznor (Trent Reznor’s Frustration and Fury- ...

Blog Post - Jonathan Eisen - Mar 11 2009 - 12:37pm

The Contrarian View- An Argument For Selling Kidneys

It's an urban legend we've all read- you meet some nice girl in Thailand and you black out and wake up in a bathtub without a kidney. Kidneys, and other replaceable organs, have value because the wait list is long and someone has to die to donate ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 14 2008 - 9:51am

Top 10 Health Items To Take With You On Summer Vacation

Whether your summer vacation plans involve staying close to home or crossing the globe, you'll want to put as much thought into protecting your health while traveling as you do choosing your destination. A new report, Healthy Travel: A 10-Minute Consu ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2008 - 3:46pm

Is Impact Factor An Accurate Measure Of Research Quality?

The International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM), the International Mathematical Union (IMU) and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) today released the Citation Statistics report. The report is written from a mathematical ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 18 2008 - 10:35am

Government Health Care Forcing Canadian Doctors To Become 'Medical Brokers'

Health-care system constraints combined with a lack of a uniform referral process are leaving Ontario physicians brokering which patients are in greatest need of hip and knee replacement, a study led by a St. Michael's Hospital researcher funded by th ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2008 - 5:22pm

Doctors Help Cure Some Premature Ejaculation By Redefining It

Dr. Ira Sharlip, President of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) detailed a new definition of premature ejaculation. He addressed the audience of the American Urological Association during the ‘late breaking science forum’, a session desi ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2008 - 9:01am

Because Apparently This Needs To Be Clarified- Mouths And Jewelry Do Not Mix

Skin piercings might be the rage among teens, but researchers from Tel Aviv University have found good reasons to think twice about piercing one's tongue or lip. Dr. Liran Levin, a dentist from the Department of Oral Rehabilitation, School of Dental M ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2008 - 3:01pm

Ice On Mars- Now That Is Cool, Very Cool!

Courtesy of the Phoenix landing craft on Mars we just discovered that there is ice on Mars. Now that is cool, very cool! In the last century there has been a constant fascination and debate about whether there might be, or might have been, life on Mars. We ...

Article - David Houle - Jun 21 2008 - 10:33am

Is It Worse To Be Fat Or Just Feel Fat?

Is it worse to be fat or just to feel fat? Quality of life is lower in obese children but it is unknown how much of that correlates to self-evaluation. If adolescents think they are “far too fat,” they forfeit a lot of their quality of life, whatever their ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2008 - 2:32am

Brits Are Throwing Away Enough Food Every Meal To Feed An Army- 51 Times Over!

LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/--- As Food Waste Awareness Week Starts, Ocado Reveals That Brits Throw Away Enough Food at Dinnertime to Feed 19 million. The kitchen is the heart of the home but over-enthusiastic Brits are cooking up enough food at mealtimes ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 23 2008 - 12:57am