Science & Society

Where Did Numbers And Math Come From? From Nature, Math Is The Language Of Physics.

W hat is math and is math real?   Math is the language of physics right down to figuring out what one hand full of fingers plus another hand full of fingers is.  Right down to a duck counting her ducklings even animals know that level of mathematics.  Mor ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 28 2020 - 7:07pm

Though Center For Food Safety And Other Lawsuit Groups Want Otherwise, Americans Trust Science

At a time when sue-and-settle activist groups like Center for Food Safety continue to claim scientists- across the private sector, non-profits, and government agencies- are colluding to poison us by allowing safe pesticide use, their messaging is being ign ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 30 2020 - 12:57pm

Trump, Covid, and Politics: Know Science Don't Just "Believe In" It.

T rump did not know science neither does his opposition.  Mask work, social distancing works, copious rapid testing works but no one or two or all of these things are a ironclad guarantee one will not get sick.  Keeping six feet apart reduces your chance ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 2 2020 - 11:49pm

Figs, Solar Storms, and Celebrity Endorsements

Here are a few of the things I have been watching, while living a somewhat less active life due to current conditions. In the south of England, this summer has been quite hot, and fig trees (mostly of the Brown Turkey variety) have been giving large crop. ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 3 2020 - 7:41am

Career Advice For LGBT Scientists, Seek Employers With Real Integrity.

If graduation numbers are so important that they will give degrees to dead people,then don’t work there. LGBT scientists in academe now are highly vulnerable to the phenomena of adjunctification. A career that used to have as a common outcome finding a jo ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 20 2020 - 6:26pm

Joe Biden, Yes It Is True Windmill Production Takes Fossil Fuels, At Least For Now.

Building a green energy infrastructure will take energy.  That means we need to use the energy sources we have, fossil fuels, to build out the infrastructure we want.  Solar, wind, and in any realistic scenario nuclear. Making windmills that means burning ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 22 2020 - 9:45pm

Mixed Messaging On COVID-19 Can Erode Trust In Institutions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently revised its guidance to acknowledge that COVID-19 can be spread through tiny airborne particles, known as aerosols. It had earlier removed a similar guidance from its website, saying it was “posted i ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 26 2020 - 9:32am

Do We Want Accurate Polling Or Fair Elections?

The public has a bit of a cultural schism about elections. Everyone says they want more diversity of candidates but an actual primary race is a sign of weakness. In the United States of America, Democrats are trumpeting the fact that they picked their can ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2020 - 11:44am

On A Biden Presidency As A Trans Astrophysicist. Bright Sides For The Ambivalent. A Fact Backed Opinion.

D emocrats favor LGBT people in the culture war but seem to favor only certain kinds of science, not including space exploration or high energy physics.   Two areas where fundamental physics expertise is of value. Too often science priorities are viewed a ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Nov 7 2020 - 2:27pm

Consumers Like Pretty Food In Advertising, But Why Do People Think It's Healthier?

That gooey cheese you see in pizza advertising is actually glue. That's probably not a surprise. Consumers understand that with choices, marketing matters. With over 20 food ads seen per day, educated people recognize that though organic food contains ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 9 2020 - 4:01am