Science & Society

The Schtory Of Schmeat: Vladimir Mironov's Lab-Grown Chicken

“Let’s say tomorrow some crazy guy bombs America or poisons all your river or puts a lot of nuclear radiation out and all your livestock is poisoned.  What you will eat?” “Vegetables!” I answered. ...

Article - Stephanie Pulford - Mar 23 2009 - 12:31pm

Diabetes TV- the new reality show?

Can a TV show about disease management educate people who don't take their meds? Or does it just help sell expensive gadgets to motivated patients who are already doing better than most? ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Mar 26 2009 - 3:28pm

Can A Government Agency Save Science?

Okay, I am going to do something that will cost me my Republican voter card- I am going to recommend we reopen a government agency, the  Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 31 2009 - 6:39pm

1 In 3 Brits Still Struggling To Find An NHS Dentist

It has been revealed that 1 in 3 people in the UK are still struggling to find an NHS dentist, according to new research from Simplyhealth. Simplyhealth's Annual Dental Survey has revealed that alarmingly just over a third of Brits (35%) struggled to ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2009 - 10:10pm

Could A Publish Or Perish Attitude Produce Einstein Today?

Is today's academic and corporate culture stifling science's risk-takers and stopping disruptive, revolutionary science from coming to the fore?  Writing in Physics World, Mark Buchanan looks at those who have shifted scientific paradigms and ask ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2009 - 10:48am

There's No Recession In The Bridal Industry

Sure, things are tough all over.    Heck, Linda Evangelista recently stated she now would get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day (1).    ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2009 - 12:00pm

Want a promotion? Blog on ScientificBlogging!

Scientific Blogging can help your career! Well, indirectly. A study out of Melbourne University in Australia found that workers who surf the internet for fun at work, within a reasonable limit of less than 20 percent of total office time, are about nine p ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 3 2009 - 2:35pm

Hey, Is This Innuendo?

I'm no expert on shaving products or Australians(1) but this new Wilkinson Sword Quattro for Women Bikini thingie, with a razor on one end and a waterproof bikini trimmer on the other, is not supposed to be used on cats.   I am sure of it.   Yet, righ ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 3 2009 - 10:56pm

Do Male And Female Scientists Perceive Setbacks Differently?

I came across a blog today, written by a female scientist (apparently- it's an anonymous blog and that's okay, if Obama's teleprompter can have a blog I suppose anyone sentient can also, but anonymity speaks of a certain paranoia) and she wo ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 4 2009 - 10:38pm

The Age of Plastic

The Age of Plastic The term 'plastic' means, generally,  ' easily moulded or shaped '. Online dictionaries tend to show only a few of the very many variants and meanings of the term ' plastic '. I have tried here to compile a ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 6 2009 - 4:10pm