Science & Society

Predicting Congressional Voting- Social Identification Trumps Party

In America, where there is a two-party system, there are numerous opportunities to compromise or cross party lines politically, so looking at where someone falls on a conservative-liberal graph lines doesn't tell us much about how they will vote. Demo ...

Article - News Staff - May 26 2015 - 9:36am

Wealthy Elites Will Soon Get GMO-Free Similac

Abbott Laboratories, the $40 billion conglomerate involved in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and supplements such as Similac and Ensure, has stated they will create a GMO-free version of Similac for parents who worry about GMOs inside their kids. They ci ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 26 2015 - 4:48pm

Young Female Journalists Twice As Likely To Be Bullied As Men

Female journalists in Norway between the ages of 25 and 35 are twice as likely to be bullied and threatened as male colleagues of the same age, and nearly half of all Norwegian journalists and editors have experienced bullying during the past five years. 2 ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2015 - 10:34am

"Boys With Toys"- Was It Sexist?

I was initially rather excited to see that one of my friends and collaborators, Professor Shri Kulkarni from Caltech, had his picture littering my Facebook feed recently. Unfortunately for Shri, it was because in an interview with National Public Radio he ...

Article - The Conversation - May 27 2015 - 10:04pm

Academic Science 'Fetishizes' Journal Publication

Though 50 percent of science in America is done by the corporate world, journal articles are overwhelmingly written by academics. The reason is simple: In the private sector, it is a given that basic research may not produce anything. A drug company expect ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 23 2019 - 10:27am

McDonald's Still Rules Limited Edition Foods

McDonald's may have taken a hit when it comes to revenue growth lately but when it comes to Limited Edition events, they have no peers. Everyone has heard of the McRib and Shamrock Shakes, maybe Starbucks customers can name a Pumpkin Spice Latte, but ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2015 - 9:30am

Kids Receive Conflicting Career Messages From Media- Especially Girls

Teenage girls find female CEOs and military pilots to be better role models, but they like and feel more similar to women in careers like modeling and acting, say psychologists. For the study, 100 girls and 76 boys ages 14 to 18 were shown photographs of ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2015 - 8:30am

Gender Bias? Science Seen As A Male Profession

In America, the social sciences, like psychology and anthropology, are regarded as female occupations- because they are. But does that mean women are self-selecting women and there is bias against males in those fields? It depends on who you ask. People r ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 26 2019 - 6:53pm

The USDA Considers 15th Century Food Labeling

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Article - Steve Savage - May 30 2015 - 10:40am

Not Simply Deniers: Climate Change Beliefs More Nuanced Than Perceived

Asking a few thousand Norwegians what they thought about climate change and not providing canned responses to choose from led to answers that were far more nuanced than the simplistic media portrayals that people accept every study or they are climate den ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2015 - 10:54am