Science & Society

Web Favorite: Most Misused Physics Terms Reference

While marking old science books as keepers or giveaways, I paused to browse through an old favorite and modern classic published in 1979, the famous "physics for philosophers" book, " The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics ...

Blog Post - Anonymous - Jan 17 2010 - 10:20am

Let me hear from you on this

Let's face it, in practice, science is what scientists do. Then, who's a scientist? Simply delivered, a human with values. Well, our humanity has had plenty of practice in that realm. Remember William Osler for instance. His recommendation for a ...

Blog Post - Hatice Cullingford - Jan 18 2010 - 8:24am

New Technology, New Insanity

Via Nobel Intent: A man with the non-existent but increasingly believed-in electromagnetic sensitivity disorder is suing his neighbor to get her to shut off her wi-fi and stop using her cell phone. Apparently, fluorescent lights and dimmer switches are bad ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 18 2010 - 12:49pm

Why Hit Books, Movies, and Music Suck

And why they make a lot of money, according to The Economist: ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 18 2010 - 5:01pm

Takedown of Creationist Information Theory

Jeffrey Shallit takes down creationist nonsense about information theory in Stephen Meyer's latest creationist offering, Signature in the Cell: In Signature in the Cell, Meyer talks about three different kinds of information: Shannon information, Kolm ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 19 2010 - 6:00am

Why non-scientists are not the only pain in the arts

Recently, I came across an article in “The Times”, “Why non-scientists are a pain in the arts”  by Ben Miller, presumably the physicist turned comedian, going back to his science roots, which explains a lot. The title of the piece derives from an art grad ...

Blog Post - Richard King - Jan 20 2010 - 9:43am

Sci-Fi at Dawn Treader

I'm up in Ann Arbor, doing a little mathematical modeling of gene regulation here at the U. of Michigan. On my way to find some Chinese food, I stumbled upon an amazing book store called Dawn Treader. Always in quest of finding old paperbacks on my li ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 21 2010 - 2:45pm

Web Favorites: Every Day Universe Check

At the start of every work day, I browse a short list of online resources to get a fresh sample of the happenings and themes active around my universe (meaning my particular, teeny-tiny subset of the Universe). I like to begin with a new "gist" o ...

Blog Post - Anonymous - Jan 21 2010 - 6:36pm

The Himalayan Glacier Conspiracy

As expected, this last round of information that corrected an error regarding the demise of the Himalayan Glaciers is now being touted as the latest evidence of the lies surrounding global warming.  Of course, the global warming "deniers" want to ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Jan 21 2010 - 8:41pm

Malnutrition Higher in Children Born to Child Brides

Malnutrition higher in children born to child brides- Infants born to child brides in India (married before the age of 18) have a higher risk of malnutrition than children born to older mothers, according to research published on bmj.com today.  However, ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jan 21 2010 - 8:33pm