Science & Society

Now That Prices Have Dropped, Hiking Gasoline Taxes Is Back On The Table

Prices of gas are approaching $2 a gallon. Does that make it a good time to raise the gas tax? Kevin Lamarque/Reuters By Wallace Tyner, Purdue University ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 13 2015 - 10:30pm

Want To Be In STEM? Here Are The 10 Best Metro Areas

If you want a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, you have probably been cautioned that academia, awash in Federal money promoting STEM careers, can maybe employ 15 percent of the PhDs in science they graduate. The private sector still acc ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 14 2015 - 3:21pm

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