Science & Society
- Single Drug Lethal Injection--- For Animals
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On December 8, the state of Ohio broke with tradition and killed a condemned prisoner with a single-drug lethal injection – a barbiturate overdose – instead of the 3-drug combo pioneered by Oklahoma and Texas in the 1970s. The “traditional” 3-drug combo u ...
Blog Post - Larry Carbone - Dec 26 2009 - 12:12pm
- Merry Christmas, If...
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This blog wishes you a very Merry Christmas, if... You would not really expect me to wish Merry Christmas à tout le monde, right? I hate nobody, but the fact you visit my site on December 24th does not make you eligible to have my sympathy, by itself. Ther ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 24 2009 - 11:29am
- International Conference: Decoding Veda Vidya and Tradional Resources for Rediscovering Indian Scientific Heritage.
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FISH Incarnation of Lord Vishnu we invoke for ever flowing Grace. Shri Vaadiraaja Samshodhana Pratishtana, Puttige, Karnataka, India and Foundation for Indian Scientific Heritage, Surarkal, Karnataka, India ...
Blog Post - Dr.S.Ramakrishna ... - Jul 2 2010 - 10:27am
- Venomous dinosaurs? How scientists disagree.
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One criticism of science that we often hear is... Wait. You know, criticism of science is still a phrase that seems odd to me. When I was growing up, we never thought to criticize science, in general. Of course, there’d be things that scientists got wrong ...
Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Dec 28 2009 - 8:58pm
- Flu Pandemic School Closures
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A few recently published studies offered some insight into the issue of closing schools to reduce the effects of a flu epidemic. The first problem, which hasn't been resolved, is determining the criteria for closing a school in the first place. Howev ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jan 6 2010 - 3:22am
- "Stylish, Stinky" Sake
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Apparently, a committee in Japan is lobbying for a return to the traditional sake bottle. The squid skins dry in the sun, stuffed with rice or grains to create the bottle shape. Once fully dried, warm sake is poured into the squid bottle to create a disti ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Dec 30 2009 - 7:17pm
- French Fries Are The New Cigarettes: Obesity Poses Greater Health Risk Than Smoking
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As smoking continues to decline among the US population, the rate of obesity is growing and has now become an equal, if not greater, contributor to the burden of disease and shortening of healthy life compared to smoking, according to Researchers from Colu ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 5 2010 - 6:25pm
- Bible Science 101- Again
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Richard Fortey reviews The Genesis Enigma in The Times Literary Supplement: ...
Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 11 2010 - 9:48am
- PhDs and Diapers
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Connecting my earlier post on PhD job realities and Melissa's blog post on Entitlement Culture is today's Ph.D comic (by Jorge Cham): Alex, the Daytime Astronomer ...
Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jan 12 2010 - 10:38am
- Carbon Tax Or Carbon 'Offset'? Labels Influence Public Policy
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Policy makers and lobbyists who want to enact a carbon tax would do well to choose their words carefully, say Columbia University Psychologists. In a new study in Psychological Science, the research team suggests that since voters typically don't like ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2010 - 2:06pm
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