Science & Society

Cloned Cows

A recent article, " Cloned Cows: Less In, More Out " raised the question of food safety, since its sale was approved by the FDA last year. However, my concerns are much more fundamental.  The article indicates that cloning is beneficial so " ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Nov 15 2009 - 8:59pm

Creationists Celebrating Darwin

The 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species is coming up next week, and even the creationists are celebrating. In fact one of them is giving out free copies of Darwin's seminal book. The catch? It comes with a confused, incoheren ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Nov 18 2009 - 3:48pm

Engineering Education in America, 2009

This is a question to the many readers of science and technology articles and publications.  What are you seeing out there happening to engineering and science education where you come from?  What do you see for the future? ...

Blog Post - Jack Vermillion - Nov 19 2009 - 5:25pm

Networking For Freelancers

What do rock climbing, book clubs, and sci fi have in common? The answer is they all help an astrophysicist with job hunting. Read on for why and how! Back on May 1st, 6 months ago, I decided to transition to a pure freelancer lifestyle. At the time, Steph ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Nov 20 2009 - 12:34pm

Oh Pinker, Noooo!

Pinker goes after Gladwell, for doing a sloppy job on picking and analyzing the research he uses, and then does it himself in his critique of Gladwell. Ooops! By now many of you may have read Steven Pinker’s review of Gladwell’s latest book, What the Dog ...

Blog Post - Asha John - Nov 20 2009 - 10:00pm

The Mouse Who Spoke In A Deep Voice

FOXP2 is known as “the language gene.” When it goes wrong, as it famously did for a family in England, it can cause severe deficits in language ability. In the “KE family" in England, for instance, several family members carry a defective mutation of ...

Article - Larry Carbone - Jan 7 2010 - 7:47pm

Smoking Ban- Children Unaffected

An article entitled " Children unaffected by smoking ban consequences " points to a new study indicating that children's exposure to second hand smoke is unaffected by the smoking ban in Wales. We found that the smoke-free legislation in Wal ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Nov 23 2009 - 8:34pm

science meets fantasy...or vice versa

One of those areas that always fascinated me was looking at historical figures and events and trying to figure out the science behind it.  For example, I had a genetics professor in college whose hobby was to study famous people who had died for "myst ...

Blog Post - Mrs. H. - Nov 24 2009 - 2:56pm

Diamonds Are A Driver's Best Friend

Missouri can proudly claim it is first in the nation- first to test a new "diverging diamond" interchange that improves traffic flow by eliminating problematic left turns. Sound boring? I admit, the story didn't jump out at me at first. But ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 24 2009 - 7:46pm

A long time ago, in a shoe factory far, far away...

Cue the Star Wars music! Fellow fans, rejoice- you can now wear your love for all things SW loud and proud- on your feet. The folks at adidas Originals were either desperate for a new fan base or wanted to express their inner sci-fi selves. Regardless, the ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 25 2009 - 9:56am