Science Education & Policy

California Already Ranks Near The Bottom In Education And By 2014 It Will Be Worse

How well students and schools succeed in mastering a curriculum that includes English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and the social and natural sciences, strongly influences how well the students fare in higher education. In California, student mastery ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 25 2008 - 5:08pm

Should Pregnant Women Be Included In Clinical Trials?

Why aren't pregnant women included in most clinical trials? Bioethicists at Duke University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities writing in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (*) say it's time to c ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2008 - 1:17am

More On David Sloan Wilson And The Invisible Hand Of Evolution

David Sloan Wilson, over at the Huffington Post,  has replied  to my criticism of his previous essay on why the so-called “invisible hand” guiding financial markets is, as he puts it, “morally, ethically, spiritually, physically, positively, absolutely, u ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jan 15 2009 - 5:56pm

Nature Asks Barack Obama The Tough Questions On Science Policy

Leave it to a British publication to finally come out and ask a question that similar US organizations have sought to avoid; namely whether or not Intelligent Design should be taught in school. US presidential candidate Barack Obama took up Nature's i ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 29 2011 - 10:26pm

Wind Turbines And Ecology- Birds Are Smarter Than You Think

Wind farms pose less of a threat to farmland birds than previously feared, new research has found. The study, published this week in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, helps resolve a potentially major environmental conflict: ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2008 - 4:34pm

South Pole Tourism- Don't Fight It, Market It, Says Study

Tourism on Antarctica is increasing and that can form a threat for the vulnerable South Pole area. Research from Maastricht University provides a possible solution: market the visitor rights to the highest bidder. Tourism in Antarctica has grown dramatical ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2008 - 9:12pm

Money Doesn't Talk In Education- Kids From Poor Countries Do Better Academically

According to findings from the October issue of the American Sociological Review, money does matter in education, but not in a way lobbyists want you to believe. The research, which looked at the mathematical literacy scores of thousands of 15-year-old imm ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2008 - 9:21am

The Financial Crisis And The Future

People come to this web site for well written, interesting columns on science. To some degree it must be questioned as to whether economics is a science. That being said, the current financial crisis is worthy of some commentary here as it will affect all ...

Article - David Houle - Sep 30 2008 - 11:10am

The Physiology And Psychology Of Voting

In case you haven’t noticed, election season is upon us! Ok, it has been upon us for almost two years, but never mind that. Pollsters are busy trying to determine why people might be voting for one candidate or another, with special attention being paid t ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Sep 30 2008 - 4:56pm

Voting May Be Bad For Your Health- Automobile Fatalities Go Up On Election Day

Sunnybrook researcher Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Stanford University statistician Robert Tibshirani have found an increased risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes on United States (US) presidential election days. US presidential elections have large effects o ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2008 - 10:29pm