Science & Society
- Fast Food Commercials Aimed At Kids 'Deceptive'
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Fast food advertising doesn't emphasize healthy menu items enough, and by giving away toys in things like Happy Meals restaurants are being deceptive even by their own self-regulation standards, according to scholars who showed 100 children aged 3–7 y ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 6 2015 - 11:26am
- 'Lone Warrior' Entrepreneur Mythology Penalizes Women
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Sunday marks the 106th celebration of International Women’s Day. Since New Yorkers first celebrated it in 1909, American women have made great strides toward equality in the workplace, politics and at home. Long gone are the days when women couldn’t vote ...
Article - The Conversation - Mar 7 2015 - 8:30am
- 50 Percent Of Management Is Women, Why So Few CEOs?
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The number of women in paid employment has risen significantly over the past 40 years. In developed countries especially, there are increasing numbers of women reaching top positions in different fields of work. And new research shows how girls are doing ...
Article - The Conversation - Mar 7 2015 - 10:00am
- Impact Factor, Citations- Can Science Be Saved From Itself?
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Not many people would know the peculiar vocabulary used to evaluate scientists. ‘ H index ’, ‘ impact factor ’ and ‘ citation number ’ are some of the snazzy phrases that are now ubiquitous in the world of science. Not all scientific papers are born equal ...
Article - The Conversation - Aug 30 2015 - 11:03am
- Science 2.0 And Intel Are Going To #TailgateTheScienceFair
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One of the big topics in the science world is always how to make Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) more exciting. It may not always seem like it because, let's face it, we love STEM and it's baffling that people would want to do an ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 10 2015 - 12:05pm
- Temple Grandin: The Effect Mr. Spock Had On Me
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By Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University When I was an awkward teenager who did not fit in with the other kids, the logical Mr. Spock was a character I could really identify with. At this time, I did not know why I relat ...
Article - The Conversation - Mar 9 2015 - 4:07pm
- 17 Percent Of College Students Misuse ADHD Drugs
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Ritalin, Adderall and their ilk are Schedule II controlled substances- the same as cocaine and methamphetamine- but they are widely available on college campuses, thanks to the ADHD diagnosis craze that made prescriptions easy to get and prevalent starting ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2015 - 5:52pm
- The Price Of Hype: The Public Now Has Unrealistic Timelines For Science
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Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 12 2015 - 11:53am
- Is The Drake Equation Useless?
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Sometimes popular concepts catch fire with the public for no reason, even when they are shown to be incorrect- virtual water, a gallon of gas to create a pound of beef, you didn't build that- but usually those fade with time. Not the Drake Equation, ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 12 2015 - 8:00am
- Opinions are why 'forensic science' is science
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Sometimes science is the only witness to a crime. Fortunately, the application of scientific evidence in criminal proceedings has grown in proportion to the availability of cutting-edge methods and technologies that can produce answers to critical question ...
Blog Post - John M. Collins - Mar 12 2015 - 3:19pm
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