Science & Society

Even After Thalidomide, Drug Scares Are Still Possible

The thalidomide tragedy, which resulted in thousands of deaths and disabilities in the late 1950s and early 1960s, changed medicine forever. One of its outcomes was the establishment of more robust mechanisms for the regulation of medicines and medical de ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 10 2015 - 12:01pm

Who's Hungry? Poor Children 3 Times As Likely To Be Obese

The developed world loves to put on food drives, places to donate canned goods to the needy. It is an easy feel-good thing to do. But it may be unnecessary, according to findings in  The European Journal of Public Health. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 11 2015 - 8:33am

32% Of Americans Have STEM As A Top 3 Priority

37% percent of online adults say that health and medicine is among the topics they find most interesting,   while 32% identify science and technology in their top three, according to a   ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 11 2015 - 11:38am

Government-Funded Trials Decrease, Industry-funded Trials Increase

An analysis of trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov shows that the private sector is doing a lot more to advance pharmaceutical science than the government. Don't be alarmed by that. Before a product can go to market, the manufacturer is required ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 16 2015 - 7:19am

No More Racist Silencing Of Science

Research shows that the large proportion of Jews in positions of power can be fully explained by the available data on human intelligence. Proper statistics completely explains that the 2% Jewish population in the US contributes roughly 30% to high achieve ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Nov 7 2017 - 3:09pm

In Modern Times, Santa Claus Performers Have To Worry About Interacting With Kids

Santa Claus performers struggle with fulfilling the role of jolly old St. Nicholas due to an acute awareness of the sensitivities around interactions with children in modern times, according to 15 formal interviews with Santa performers comprising 14 male ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 16 2015 - 1:14pm

Cigarette, Alcohol Use Down Among Teens, E-Cigarettes Up

The 2015 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) shows decreasing use of a number of substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, prescription opioid pain relievers, and synthetic cannabinoids ("synthetic marijuana"). Other drug use remains stable, inc ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 16 2015 - 3:00pm

How To Turn Liberals Into Conservatives- Terrorism

In 2014, the anti-vaccine beliefs of progressive elites reached an apex, both in raw numbers and in hypocrisy- and it was because of an Ebola epidemic thousands of miles away. While only one person was impacted in America, there were calls from across the ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2015 - 5:22am

How Anti-Evolution Legislation Has Evolved

The anti-evolution movement, and specifically alternative beliefs to science like Intelligent Design, are wheezing their last, but because education is local in America, it can still happen in some school districts on education. The most famous example of ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2015 - 7:17pm

Thin Models Need To Be Regulated, Says Social Epidemiologist

America is the fattest country on Earth and there are efforts being made to insure the 100 thin women still remaining don't set a bad example by not being obese. S. Bryn Austin, director of the Harvard Chan School's Strategic Training Initiative ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 22 2015 - 7:00am