Science & Society
- Should The New York Times Get Out Of Science?
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Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 24 2015 - 7:30am
- The Obstacles Women Face Reaching The Top In Science
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Women are playing an increasing role in science today but there are still barriers that can prevent them from achieving success comparable to their male colleagues. This feeds the argument that there is a gender pay gap in earnings in science, although th ...
Article - The Conversation - Aug 30 2015 - 11:03am
- Would You Have Sex For Science?
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Who volunteers to have sex in a laboratory? I was struck by this question when reading about an experimental study of ideal sexual positions for men with back pain. For the purpose of the research, couples were filmed using motion capture and infra-red te ...
Article - The Conversation - Mar 24 2015 - 3:00am
- Was The Recent NY Times Fiasco A Failure For Journalism Or Science?
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A columnist at the New York Times has written that he believes that technologies like Apple’s upcoming watch could be as as dangerous as cigarettes and cause cancer. ...
Article - The Conversation - Mar 24 2015 - 5:28pm
- Conservative Man Ideal: The David Cameron Guide To Modern Masculinity
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On Monday, Cameron revealed that he would not be seeking a third term as PM. He chose an informal interview with the BBC’s deputy political editor, James Landale, as the platform for his surprise announcement.The announcement caused feverish media specula ...
Article - The Conversation - Mar 25 2015 - 7:49pm
- Vaccine Confidence Index Early Results
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It's been a decade since the Northern Nigeria polio vaccination boycott of polio eradication efforts and a new report examines global issues affecting vaccine confidence and hesitation since the new millennium. Unfortunately they include the countrie ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2015 - 8:13pm
- 25 Percent Of High School Seniors Try Water Pipes
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Cigarette smoking is down, thanks to fines and taxes on cigarette companies that fund anti-smoking campaigns- but hookah (water pipe) use is up. A new paper in Cancer Causes and Control worries that almost one in four high school seniors may try smoking h ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 29 2015 - 2:14pm
- The Mediterranean Diet Will Reduce Global Warming
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The Mediterranean diet became a health fad when epidemiologists looked at a region in Europe and determined that their lower heart disease was due to more fish. A new paper uses a debunked claim "it takes a gallon of gas to make a pound of beef" ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2015 - 11:39am
- Ontario Agriculture Minister Can't Even Pronounce Varroa Mites
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I wouldn't have thought a reason to ban the type of pesticides called neonicotinoids ("neonics"), which replaced broad spectrum organophosphate pesticides with a product similar to nicotine that naturally acts on specific receptors in the ne ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 29 2015 - 12:49pm
- Forensic Fandom: One Of The Reasons TV Storytelling Is Now So Complex
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If you watch the season finale of The Walking Dead this Sunday, the story will likely evoke events from previous episodes, while making references to an array of minor and major characters. Such storytelling devices belie the show’s simplistic scenario of ...
Article - The Conversation - Mar 28 2015 - 2:00pm
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