Science & Society

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

The Future Of Branding

A research firm has just bestowed the title “world’s most valuable insurance brand” on a mainland Chinese company. Other outfits issue similar announcements in diverse industries, despite that in 2014 The Economist made this remark about brands: “Their im ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Jun 6 2017 - 5:59pm

Alan Alda's Art And Science Of Relating And Communicating

You are about to hear a huge sigh of relief from the entire science journalism community, because Alan Alda, a man who can interview E.O. Wilson and Jim Watson with ease, who hosted the terrific Scientific American Frontiers, and founded the Alan Alda Cen ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 12 2017 - 12:35pm