Science & Society
- And The 2015 Science 2.0 Best Science Picture Award Goes To...
-
It's Academy Awards time, which means the science community is aflame with debates about whether Hollywood elites are racist, sexist, bigoted or not liberal enough...okay, no one in science actually debates any of that the way Hollywood does, but we d ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 22 2015 - 2:55pm
- American Sniper Is More Nuanced Than Its Critics Admit
-
...
Article - The Conversation - Feb 22 2015 - 9:00am
- Why Do Women Lag In Academic Medicine Leadership Positions?
-
Though women are 20 percent of full-time faculty in medical schools, they are not rising to senior leadership positions in similar numbers, a situation strikingly different from the corporate world, where women have choices about how high they want to rise ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2015 - 11:12am
- Will The Next MacGyver Be Female?
-
By Emilie Lorditch, Inside Science (Inside Science) – When I was in elementary school, I couldn't wait to get home to watch my favorite TV show, "3-2-1 Contact." Watching that show, I learned that science was fun and part of my everyday lif ...
Article - Inside Science - Feb 26 2015 - 10:51am
- Is Medical Tourism Really Good For Developing Countries?
-
Medical tourism is an awful term. It conveys an image of people from a cold climate flying off to some warm beach resort for a bit of nip and tuck, some dental repair or a few weeks of health spa rejuvenation. Although this does occur, many people crossin ...
Article - The Conversation - Feb 25 2015 - 5:00pm
- How The All-Powerful News Anchor Came To Be
-
...
Article - The Conversation - Feb 25 2015 - 2:26pm
- Big Data Tackles How Urban Movement Is Linked To Social Activity
-
If you live in a city, some of your movement around town is social in nature. But how much, exactly? Around 20 percent, according to a new paper that used anonymized phone data to reconstruct both people's locations and their social networks. By linki ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2015 - 12:31am
- Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson Awarded National Academy Of Sciences Public Welfare Medal
-
The National Academy of Sciences is presenting its 2015 Public Welfare Medal to astrophysicist Dr.Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of Natural History, in recognition of his "extraordinary role in exciting ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2015 - 11:10am
- Arctic Apple Gets USDA Approval, Then Gets Acquired
-
The Intrexon synthetic biology company announced today that it is acquiring Okanagan Specialty Fruits, the science start-up behind the non-browning Arctic apple, for $31 million in Intrexon common stock and $10 million in cash. ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2015 - 5:23pm
- The Law has Failed, Not Forensic Science
-
It’s quite revealing that Karen Kafadar and Anne-Marie Mazza (LiveScience Op-Ed on February 24, 2015, titled "Using Faulty Forensic Science, Courts Fail the Innocent") demand more research in forensic science while ignoring one of the most signi ...
Blog Post - John M. Collins - Mar 2 2015 - 7:37pm
Know Science And Want To Write?
Donate or Buy SWAG
Please donate so science experts can write
for the public.
At Science 2.0, scientists are the journalists,
with no political bias or editorial control. We
can't do it alone so please make a difference.
We are a nonprofit science journalism
group operating under Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code that's
educated over 300 million people.
You can help with a tax-deductible
donation today and 100 percent of your
gift will go toward our programs,
no salaries or offices.
