Science Education & Policy

Washington State Initiative 522- The GMO Warning Label Battle Rages On

Despite losing in the state with arguably the most anti-science crackpots in its citizenry- California- GMO activists in arguably the second most anti-science state- Washington- are determined to show the country why they should be number one. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 27 2013 - 6:29pm

The Call To Make Science Less Partisan Gets New Members

Since 2007, on too many occasions to count, I have noted that by being overwhelmingly partisan scientists in academia are putting themselves at risk. Not financially. If funding mattered, all scientists would vote Republican- when it comes to funding, Repu ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 9 2013 - 4:30am

Science Of Learning: Which Study Strategies Really Make The Grade?

Students everywhere, put down those highlighters and pick up some flashcards! Some of the most popular study strategies, like highlighting and even re-reading, don't show much promise for improving student learning, according to a new paper. In the a ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 10 2013 - 2:06pm

Too Fat Or Too Thin: Weight Extremes In The Developing World

While the developed world gets all of the attention for obesity, the developing world is only different in one sense; they retain more severely undernourished people even while obese and overweight people in those countries are gaining weight. Unless peop ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2013 - 1:00pm

Microbial Power For Schools

Going round the exhibition of the Association for Science Education always leaves me with a few small challenges, such as “how much can I really take in of what an exhibitor is telling me?” and “how much school science do I really understand?”  For exampl ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Jan 19 2013 - 2:31am

Antidepressants Overuse Debated

Antidepressant prescriptions in the UK increased by 9.6% in 2011, to 46 million prescriptions. Since that is for a total of only 63 million people in the last census, a lot of whom are children, the antidepressant prescription total is quite high. But doe ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2013 - 1:30pm

The UK Draft Energy Bill And How To Influence The Climate Change Bill

Optimal Monitoring has produced a free eBook about the Department of Energy and Climate Change consultation period, which is open until the end of January.  The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has invited companies to influence the latest C ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2013 - 11:05am

European Sociologists Call For More Effective Teaching

In Europe, where over 19 million students are in tertiary education, they are looking for ways to improve the teaching skills of scientists in order to teach more effectively the next generation of innovators.  It would seem obvious that reducing the anti ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2013 - 5:26pm

Dr. Evil As Spokesman For Neuroscience: You'll Pay $1 Trillion In Health Care Costs Unless...

In the United States, billions of dollars have been spent on marketing to convince people to go into science careers, despite the difficulty many PhDs will have finding jobs in academia. That, coupled with the fact that efforts are on to make funding more ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2013 - 12:50pm

Why No One Wants To Participate In Medical Research

Medical research is both derided and essential.  The public complains that a new experimental drug is not available due to the FDA being too conservative while also complaining that drugs have too many side effects and companies should be sued over the la ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 5 2013 - 12:04pm