Science & Society

Cross Pollen Nation- People More Irritable During Hayfever Season

Nearly half of all hayfever sufferers are more irritable while they are suffering from hayfever symptoms and that impacts their relationships, according to a new survey published today.[1]  The survey suggests that up to 2 million people with hayfever[2] ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2009 - 7:14pm

Kids In Italian Prisons Get Pretty Good Health Care But Need More Vaccinations- Study

Why are kids in  Italian prisons, you might be asking?   Italian law says sending kids to prison is a lot less traumatic than being away from their criminal mothers.   Italian fathers must be busy boun giorno-ing foreign women on the streets.   Whatever th ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2009 - 11:48am

Who Do You Want Your Child To Be?

Recently I saw this Horizon programme on BBC2: Horizon- 2008-2009- 8. Who Do You Want Your Child to Be? ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Sep 7 2012 - 1:28am

Indiana Professor Awarded $150,000 Grant To Study 'Divine Healing'

Candy Gunther Brown, an associate professor in the Indiana University Bloomington Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a $150,000 grant to pursue research on divine healing practices and their involvement in ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2009 - 5:46pm

Dealing With Co-Workers A Lot Like Dealing With Your Kids- Study

The skills learned while raising a family are readily transferable into the knowledge work environment, according to a study published in the International Journal of Knowledge and Learning. Researchers in Spain suggest that breaching the boundary between ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 10 2009 - 10:03am

Earthstock- It's Woodstock For Smart People Who Care About More Than Pepsi And Bad Music

Earthstock, Stony Brook University’s 8th annual week long awareness-raising celebration of Earth Day, kicks off at 10 am on Friday, April 17 with a full day of entertainment, food, refreshments, environmentally-oriented activities and visual displays situa ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2009 - 3:41pm

Some Scientific Blogging Interface Hints

Every once in a while people ask me about various features or functionality so, since it's a Saturday on a holiday weekend and there won't be as many people reading as usual (who want good science and not rubbish from me) I figure this is a good ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 11 2009 - 8:26pm

Read Some Science On Easter

On a science site, we can make anything about science, including religious holidays.    Of course, there are some things that we can never know, because they involve the subjective nature of people and a history that's necessarily muddled.    We can&# ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 8 2012 - 11:36am

Future Nobel Prize-winning shop

Aspirations of winning the Nobel? Maybe a purchase at this shop will help you along your journey. Or at least you can say you knew the shop back when it was just a little shop in Philadelphia, instead of a famous retail laureate. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 12 2009 - 3:46pm

When Salmonella Met Pistachio

If it happened once, can it happen again? Yes, it can but we would still desire pistachio nuts sans Salmonella. Beyond our poetic pistachio passion, these tasty nuts are good for us. Last year, researchers at Penn State concluded pistachios reduce inflamm ...

Blog Post - Hatice Cullingford - Apr 15 2009 - 12:13pm