Science & Society
- Global Warming May Be Real, But Americans Aren't Concerned
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The scientific community may agree that anthropogenic global warming poses a real threat, but the general public isn't all that worried about the changing climate. Public concern about global warming has dropped sharply since the fall of 2008, accordi ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2010 - 11:45am
- Blowing Things Up: Is It Science?
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We scientists have a desperate need to make our science interesting to everyone-- including ourselves. Our terminology reflects this. In astronomy, we have the Big Bang. In comp sci, computers Crash. In engienering, "Test to Destruction". But at ...
Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jan 31 2010 - 1:15am
- Can Biotech Companies Patent Your Genes?
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The trial over gene patents, Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, et al., is beginning. Discover summarizes the case: When Lisbeth Ceriani, a 43-year-old Massachusetts woman, was diagnosed with breast cancer last ...
Article - Michael White - Feb 4 2010 - 9:55am
- Da Vinci Resume Advice
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Marc Cenedella has excavated an old resume of da Vinci, the very definition of 'renaissance man' and 'genius'. At the time, da Vinci was applying to work for the Duke of Milan. Wired UK looks at his resume (Was Da Vinci the right man ...
Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Feb 5 2010 - 3:54pm
- The Age Of Stupid-- Movie Review
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"The Age of Stupid," a 2009 docudrama set in 2055, asks why didn't we save Earth when we had the chance. "Stupid" was first conceived by Director Franny Armstrong as a documentary integrating themes of excessive consumption, war an ...
Article - Diana Deregnier - Apr 10 2012 - 12:22pm
- "Natural" cleaning products to get their own certification standards
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Wondering if the "natural" cleaning product you're using is really all that natural? Well, soon you won't have to wonder- the Natural Products Association (NPA) released a set of guidelines today that "dictate whether a product can ...
Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Feb 11 2010 - 10:22am
- 'Electronic Cigarettes' Should Be Regulated, Researchers Say
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Electronic cigarettes fail to deliver nicotine to the consumer and be should be regulated and packaged in a manner consistent with the product's effect – even if that effect is a total failure to deliver nicotine as demonstrated, according to a study ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 11 2010 - 11:49am
- The NY Times Hits Rock-bottom On Climate
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The question of whether record snows in the Northeast US says something about climate change is a scientific question. The NY Times shows us how not to report on a scientific issue: Skeptics of global warming are using the record-setting snows to mock tho ...
Article - Michael White - Feb 11 2010 - 12:33pm
- Economics on the other side of the looking glass
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Have you ever pondered public radio fund drives? Whether you’ve supported the station or not (I do), the drive persists; they keep asking for money the whole, dreary week. If you pay on the first day, you get six more days of pitch. If you pay on day 7, yo ...
Blog Post - Fred Phillips - Feb 11 2010 - 2:43pm
- Dairy Farmer Makes BS Claim
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Dairy Farmer Makes BS Claim The Utah House has passed a resolution questioning the science behind global warming. Rep. Mike Noel, the Legislature's chief climate-change skeptic, declared Thursday that global warming is a conspiracy to control world p ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 12 2010 - 4:29am
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