Science & Society

Political Cohesion: Why Unmarried Women Voted For Obama And Married Women Voted For Romney

Why do unmarried women tend to be more liberal and Democratic than their married counterparts? A key reason is because unmarried women-- those who have never been married and those who are divorced-- are more concerned about the status of women as a colle ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2015 - 10:30am

Fertility Treatment: Same-Sex Couples Face More Obstacles

Same-sex couples encounter more obstacles to fertility treatment than traditional couples,  said Ann V. Bell, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Delaware, who noted that the U.S. medical system is standardized to work with heterosexu ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2015 - 7:30am

Military Veterans Live In More Diverse Neighborhoods

When members of the U.S. military leave the service, they tend to settle in neighborhoods with greater overall diversity than their civilian counterparts of the same race, according to a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 3:00pm

Democrats Have Disavowed Thomas Jefferson- Maybe Washington, D.C. Will Have To Change Its Name Too

Democratic parties in four states have recently removed the names of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson from their annual fundraising dinners, a move now under consideration in at least five other states. ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 25 2015 - 7:00am

Sustainability Won’t Make The World More Fair

The world’s governments are preparing to finalize the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations in September 2015. It is set to be a major international event, and the goals will be ushered in with tremendous fanfare; they are widely regarded as ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 26 2015 - 7:00am

Environmental Working Group, Gary Hirshberg And Organic Activists- All The Influence Money Can Buy

My husband is used to hearing snark about being a lobbyist. As the owner of a lobbying firm in Chicago, he takes most derogatory comments about his profession in stride. So imagine my surprise when he became outraged reading aloud a boilerplate descriptio ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - Aug 27 2015 - 7:30am

Blade Runner: The Science In The Fiction

Science – or strange permutations of it at least – is everywhere in the cinema. At any one time on movie screens around the world, humans are being threatened by lethal viruses, cured from terminal illness by miracle elixirs, rendered superhuman with bion ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 31 2015 - 9:59am

Science: Public/Private Partnership Under Attack

A scientist named Kevin Folta at the University of Florida  has been one of a broader group of public researchers who have come under  hostile, Freedom Of Information Act scrutiny  with the goal of demonstrating “ties to industry.”  ...

Article - Steve Savage - Sep 3 2015 - 1:29pm

Poor Women Twice As Likely To Develop Clinical Anxiety As Poor Men

Women living in poor areas in the UK are almost twice as likely to develop clinical anxiety as women in richer areas. However, whether men lived in poorer or richer areas made no difference to their levels of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). These are ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 7 2015 - 12:30pm

Aspartame: Believe Science, Or A Homeopath Like Joe Mercola?

I’ll be honest, I like Equal. If I had my way, my morning would consist of a kiss from my wife and a cup of Double Black Diamond Extra Bold coffee with a packet of Equal and a little bit of French Vanilla creamer thrown in. Super bold coffee with sweetnes ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 10 2018 - 11:32am