Science & Society

Muck and Medicine

An article in The Federalist: The Darwinism That Fuels Atheism Actually Favors Religiosity   contains a section based on a 2016 report ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Apr 13 2017 - 1:22am

Do We Really Want a Technological Explosion?

Often the term technology explosion is used to indicate the rapid growth of technology in areas such as information technology or biotechnology. Usually, the assumption is that innovation creates great new approaches and products that will improve our cond ...

Blog Post - David LePoire - Apr 14 2017 - 1:25pm

March For Science phfft! Marching for Science Literacy Would Be Better

A so-called " March for Science " will occur April 22nd 2017.  I have half a mind to show up either wearing a sing extolling the climate c hange fighting virtues of nuclear power OR with a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide AND another petition ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Apr 15 2017 - 10:57pm

Government: There Is More To Science Than Government-Funded Jobs

For the better part of this century, the federal government has promoted the notion that only government-funded science is real science, and the private sector is the icky kind that, let's face it, the kind of people who overwhelmingly prefer to stay ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 19 2017 - 2:45pm

Rocket salad, enantiomers, and nomenclature

Yet another article in the Telegraph: this time Supermarket rocket salad healthier than homegrown. featuring the vegetable kingdom this time: ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - May 1 2017 - 11:19am

Economic crisis, bank failures and plague in the Middle Ages.

A.D. 1200 has been called the golden age, as characterized by a booming economy combined with widespread prosperity. Europe's population had reached the height of its growth, reaching about 70 million people, beyond which, according to historians, it ...

Blog Post - Camillo Di Cicco - Feb 13 2018 - 7:12am

Why Do Women Die At Higher Rates After Being Discharged With Heart Arrhythmias?

Atrial fibrillation and flutter (also known as AFF) is associated with serious health problems and is a significant contributor to death rates. Knowing that, why would there be different death rates for male and female patients who presented with AFF to em ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2017 - 12:30pm

Journalists Grieve Death Of Forensic Science Commission

The National Commission on Forensic Science was dissolved by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a decisive action that brought an end to a highly decorated body of professionals, but one that was frequently stymied by legal gamesmanship and discord.  The co ...

Article - John M. Collins - May 12 2017 - 7:57pm

Free Range Kids: Most Parents Won't Let Kids Swim In Their Backyard Without Supervision

A new national poll says that parents are in a panic about things like swimming pools. Least likely to think their kids can swim; black parents. A slight majority of white parents are fine with kids swimming sans parental hovering. Almost all parents think ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2017 - 6:56am

Minority vs. Legal Incompetence: The case for lowering the age of majority to 13

The right to make one’s own legal decisions is typically denied for two reasons: Youth (minority) and incompetence. Incompetence is a state of mental incapacity to make one’s own decisions in a way which is informed with regard to the consequences and rat ...

Blog Post - Nightvid Cole - May 16 2017 - 9:59am