Science & Society

What Medical Journalists Think About Cancer Research- And Press Releases

Self-administered questionnaires sent to 364 Japanese medical journalists allowed them to describe their experiences in selecting stories, choosing angles, and performing research when creating cancer-centered news pieces. The journalists report that they ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2015 - 9:00am

2013 Sequester Was Not The Fault Of Republicans Or Democrats, It Was The Fault Of Men

In 2013, President Obama threatened to shut down the government if Congress did not do what he wanted. Congress replied in kind and so we got The Sequester, where government functions were halted unless they were specially exempted. NASA and the National S ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2015 - 12:04pm

Democrats Redeemed? Republicans More Anti-Vaccine, Says Paper

Though the anti-vaccine hotbeds in the United States are strongest in regions that are overwhelmingly Democratic, a new paper says it may not be Democrats that are most anti-vaccine. Why would they be? the authors argue, when Democrats like government the ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2015 - 11:18am

Sexual Behavior Of Female College Students Has Gotten More Risky

A new study indicates that sexual behavior among female university students in Sweden has changed during the last 25 years, with behavior now appearing more risky than before. The surveys were taken as part of contraceptive counseling delivered at a Studen ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2015 - 12:41pm

Is It Time For The Disney Princess Archetype To Go?

Women – and little girls even more so – are desperate to see images and stories that don’t actively oppress them onscreen, says Olivia Murphy. Image: Nadia Mel, CC BY-SA By Olivia Murphy, University of Sydney ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 2 2015 - 5:32pm

Mary Morgan, Alice Ball And Rachel Lloyd- 3 Amazing Scientists You've Never Heard Of

One saved the U.S. space program, another invented a better treatment for leprosy and a third spawned an industry in the American Midwest- but you have probably never heard of these female "legends of chemistry". Their names are Mary Sherman Morg ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2015 - 8:44pm

Austerity In Greece Linked To Suicides

Does only spending what you make lead to suicide? In the world of weak observational studies, it can. Suicides in Greece reached a 30 year all-time high in 2012, with a sustained upward trend starting in June 2011, the month that the government introduced ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2015 - 5:23pm

AirAsia 8501- News, Rumours, Facts And FACs

AirAsia 8501- News, Rumours, Facts And FACs Until such time as an official report is issued it will be difficult for both professionals and ordinary members of the public to determine what most probably happened during the last flight of AirAsia 8501.  Th ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 3 2015 - 7:30pm

TransAsia ATR 72 Crashes Into Keelung River

TransAsia ATR 72 Crashes Into Keelung River A twin engined ATR 72-600 turboprop suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport, destination the Kinmen islands.  The plane, which was less than one year old according to Flight ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 4 2015 - 10:43am

2014 European Astronomy Journalism Prize Winner Announced

The 2014 European Astronomy Journalism Prize has been announced.   Now in its third year, the prize looks to reward excellence displayed in the field by professional journalists as well as students of both astronomy and journalism. It is awarded by Science ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 7 2015 - 10:00am