Science Education & Policy

Is Labeling GMOs Really About Our “Right To Know”

If one believes the backers of mandatory labeling initiatives in Colorado and Oregon, Tuesday’s vote is simple common sense: It’s about the “right to know” what’s in our food. This is the beguiling message pushed by a myriad of activists linked to such or ...

Article - Jon Entine - Nov 3 2014 - 10:54am

IPCC Climate Report Shows Time For Talking Is Past

The IPCC is clear on the dangers of fossil fuels. Pete Markham, CC BY-SA By Simon Buckle, Imperial College London ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 2 2014 - 9:52am

Banning Greenhouse Gases Is No Magic Bullet For Global Warming

It has slowly dawned on climate researchers that promoting the belief that curbing CO2 will prevent climate change has been a bad idea. American and European CO2 emissions have gone down, for example, but Asia's has risen, and we went beyond the ' ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 4 2014 - 9:01am

So Hot Right Now: The Middle Ages In The Climate Change Debate

As both a word and an idea, 'medieval' carries centuries of connotation of a murky and brutal pre-scientific age. Swanson Scott /US Fish&Wildlife Service  By Louise D'Arcens, University of Wollongong and Clare Monagle, Monash University ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 5 2014 - 10:12am

'No-Consequences' Education Produces Unemployable Graduates

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Article - The Conversation - Nov 5 2014 - 10:51am

Children Born Just After The Berlin Wall Fell Were Lower Achievers – Here’s Why

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Gavin Andrew Stewart, CC BY By Arnaud Chevalier, Royal Holloway and Olivier Marie, Maastricht University Germany and the rest of Europe are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the as ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 5 2014 - 11:30am

Britain Faces Winter Energy Cuts

The Drax plant in Yorkshire. Gareth Davies, CC BY By Richard Tol, University of Sussex ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 6 2014 - 12:00pm

Why Body Image Needs Regulation

Blaming 'Jordan syndrome' doesn't really cut it. British celebrity Katie Price (R) on the red carpet before the start of the Vienna State Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria, 11 February 2010. Robert Jaeger /EPA By Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor, Univ ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 12 2014 - 8:00am

NIH Can't Afford Ebola, Can Afford A $10 Million Video Game About A Town Full Of Fat People

When Ebola was the latest rage in mainstream media (that would be last month- poor people in Africa are so October of 2014) National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins was quick to capitalize on it- they could have had a vaccine by now, he c ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 14 2014 - 9:01am

With More Parks Than Ever, Why Is Wildlife Still Vanishing?

Kakadu National Park, Australia. Rita Willaert /Flickr, CC BY-NC By Bob Pressey, James Cook University and Euan Ritchie, Deakin University ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 13 2014 - 8:46pm