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Those zany Canadians.

Feb 07 2008 | comment(s)

Those zany Canadians. If you disagree on global warming, you should be thrown in jail. Dr. David Suzuki said "What I would challenge you to do is to put a lot of effort into trying to see whether there's a legal way of throwing our so-called leaders into jail because what they're doing is a criminal act." Even more ironic because he is a former board member of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

A new book argues that scientists are motivated by sex and s

Feb 07 2008 | comment(s)

A new book argues that scientists are motivated by sex and status ... and, also, scientists don't need public funding. The money quote: And they want it for the same reasons as those white-coated chemists who work so hard to make the next breakthrough scientific discovery. To advertise their sexual fitness. I knew all of you wrote here for a reason beyond altruism; you're making dates for the next conference.

Are Cartoons Less Male Chauvinistic Now? Were They Ever?

Feb 03 2008 | comment(s)

Honestly, did you even known there was a Department of Pedagogy anywhere? Well, there is. They teach about the science of teaching. And apparently cartoons.

Pilar Casares García is a teacher in the Department of Pedagogy at the University of Granada but instead of teaching about teaching, she researches male chauvinism. In cartoons.

This was apparently once a real problem once but she says it's better now; women are as intelligent, agile, attractive, strong, and heroic as their male counterparts ... or more.

President Bush asked Congress to double federal support for

Jan 30 2008 | comment(s)

President Bush asked Congress to double federal support for basic research in the physical sciences in the State of the Union address. I guess he reads my column.

We know that graduate school admissions in science went way

Jan 29 2008 | comment(s)

We know that graduate school admissions in science went way up in 2006 and that's a good thing.

Arizona's $250 Million Space Science Pay Day At Risk

Jan 25 2008 | comment(s)

A new report by the Arizona Arts, Sciences, and Technology Academy (AASTA) found that research in astronomy, planetary sciences, and space sciences (APSS) pumped over $250 million into Arizona’s economy in 2006 alone.

That's real money but it's not all balloons and ponies for Arizona. There are threats to that economic engine and it's what you can probably guess - the instability of federal funding and competition from other locations - but it's also things you might not guess, like light pollution from residential and commercial development and lingering memories of environmental and political activism.