Science & Society
- Scientific Evidence Of Your Own Awesomeness
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Scientific Evidence Of Your Own Awesomeness Do you like to share awe-inspiring articles with your friends, like the many [New York] Times readers whose habits are analyzed in a new study? Or do you have other motives? Jonah Berger and Katherine A. Milkman ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 12 2010 - 6:41am
- Safe Internet Day
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This morning, upon leaving Brussels to go back home after my seminar in Louvain-la-Neuve, my attention was caught by a big green banner hanging from a tall building at Place Schuman. It said "Safe Internet Day" and below, in smaller fonts, " ...
Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Feb 14 2010 - 11:34am
- Announcing The Return Of The University Science Writing Competition
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Last fall, ScientificBlogging introduced our first ever University Writing Competition. We were blown away by the quality of science articles we received, and are excited to announce that we’re doing it again this spring. This time the contest is open to A ...
Article - Community Connect... - Feb 18 2010 - 3:40pm
- All of science in 140 characters
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Science spectrum hard->soft: Math->Physics(->Chemistry->Biology->Medicine->Psychology->Sociology)->Modeling->Philosophy->Opinions @skyday ************** Alex Every Friday as The Daytime Astronomer, Every Tuesday in The Satelli ...
Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jul 27 2010 - 9:47am
- The Pragma Hypothesis
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The Pragma Hypothesis A speculation on the possibility of the accurate prediction of future, hind-sight based, historical worldviews, and the application of such prediction to the current climate change debate. Pragma- mass noun: the practical outcome of ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 13 2010 - 5:55pm
- The dismal mathematics of economics
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Blackboard qualitative proofs of the "existence" of, say, an equilibrium between demand and supply- beloved of economists trained in the maths of the department of mathematics rather than the maths of the departments of physics or engineering- a ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Feb 13 2010 - 3:02pm
- My Bummy Valentine
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It’s Valentine Day, and children everywhere celebrated friendship and love by giving cards and candy to their friends. In what alien observers must consider one of the most bizarre human customs, these same children were asked to draw lewd pictures of huma ...
Article - Mark Changizi - Feb 15 2010 - 12:42am
- The Future Of Science In The Next Decade? Transdisciplinary Collaboration
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I was asked the question, "What can we expect to see from science in the next decade?" My answer comes from the perspective of a social scientist, as I research social problems from the influence of cognitive neuroscience. I am inspired to write ...
Article - Andrea Kuszewski - Feb 16 2010 - 11:14am
- A New Kind Of Science Journalism
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Markets work well when there’s a chain from wholesaler to retailer to customer…and back. If none of the customer payments makes it back to the wholesaler, soon there may be few to no wholesalers producing anything worth buying. That’s bad for wholesalers, ...
Article - Mark Changizi - Feb 25 2010 - 3:54pm
- Marc Morano- Global Superhero
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Marc Morano- Global Superhero In one of the most philanthropic gestures ever from a mere political journo-lobbyist, Marc Morano has taken upon his own shoulders the entire burden of global climate change. Marc_Morano does not think global warming is anyth ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 17 2010 - 10:16pm
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