Science & Society

Nuclear Family Myth? Kids Of Single Parents And Gays No Different, Says Study

The conventional family has changed over the last few decade but regardless of parent genders or family structure, adolescents' perception of proper family functioning has changed little, says a new study. Previous studies have pointed to families wit ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2009 - 12:46pm

WHIZ KIDS Film Director Reaches Back To Childhood In Telling The Stories Of The Next Generation Of Scientists.

When I was 12 years old, I entered the seventh grade quite unremarkably.   Short, scrawny, and high-voiced, I saw nothing too exciting about my future.   Perhaps worse, those around me saw nothing either.   It was during this time I met Mrs. ...

Article - Tom Shepard - Nov 2 2009 - 12:11pm

People, Planet & Profit- Location Matters

Global climate reminds us it is one world afterall. NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center released the September temperatures. Separately, the combined global land and ocean surface temperature or the average land surface temperature proves September the s ...

Article - Hatice Cullingford - Nov 9 2009 - 8:49pm

The Ph.D. Octopus by William James

I am not the first to point out PhD snoobery.  This is an account from 1903 which appeared in the Harvard Monthly. Quote: ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 21 2009 - 11:32am

Creepy Weirdos And Holidays- Sex Offender Policies Questioned

Sex crimes against pre-teen children are no higher during Halloween than at any other times of the year and diverting law enforcement places people at more risk, according to a study in Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.   That's not t ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2010 - 11:45am

Economics: The Purpose Of Business

If the question were asked, what is the primary purpose of business, the most likely response would be "to make money".  However, this is an unsatisfactory answer since it clearly doesn't provide sufficient justification for businesses to ex ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Oct 27 2009 - 12:50pm

Animal Welfare in the Animal Laboratory

So, I told you that I have an odd job. Though I’m a veterinarian, I work at a large human medical center, behind the scenes, in the animal laboratories. Few of my friends are scientists or medical people, so they don’t always understand how a human medica ...

Blog Post - Larry Carbone - Oct 24 2009 - 10:47am

Vote for Your Favorite Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi

Everyone's got a book idea kicking around somewhere in their heads, even though most of us won't admit it. For some time now I've been working on an idea for what I call an inverse post-apocalyptic book, that is, a book that falls squarely i ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 23 2009 - 9:43pm

A Simple Explanation of What Is To Come

For my initial article, I would like to talk about what I intend for this blog to accomplish as well as who I am and what interest I have in science as a whole and physics in general. My name is Kari Wolfe and you can find me in other locales such as my pe ...

Blog Post - Kari Wolfe - Oct 24 2009 - 3:46pm

Reliability of Medical Research

In light of recent discussions about vaccines and scientific consensus it is sobering to consider that fully one-third of medical studies turn out to be wrong. "A study in 2005, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Oct 26 2009 - 1:08pm