Science & Society

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

In Norway, The Key To A Child's Success Is A Rich Stay-At-Home Mother

In an interview of wealthy Norwegian business elites, mothers talked freely about their everyday lives- and why being wealthy enough to not have to work is important to many of them.  Among the 13 families chronicled  by sociologist Helene Aarseth from the ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2015 - 3:11pm

5 Strategies For Writing Medical Review Articles

Let's be honest, review articles are popular because they are easier than studies. Studies can take months or years and require methodology, money and expertise. A review just means finding other papers and figuring out what the consensus is. Want to ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2015 - 3:57pm

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