Science Education & Policy

Can you buy leadership? If you talk to people trying to convince the government to give them more money, the answer is 'yes', even among scientists who know better. Since the cancellation of the Superconducting Supercollider, Americans have been ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 6 2013 - 2:49pm

Bittman’s Lament...And The Fake Sugar War

Sugar is irresistible to humans, and apparently to writers. There was no better example than this week’s vaygeshray over Mark Bittman’s column in the New York Times. Bittman, the paper’s former food columnist who rose to fame with his fast and easy recipes ...

Article - Greg Critser - Mar 11 2013 - 10:29am

Will Prof. Ernie Moniz Be A Good Energy Secretary?

President Obama may have a thing for northeast academics but he at least stepped out of Harvard and Yale this time, tapping MIT Professor Ernie Moniz Monday to run the Department of Energy. Moniz, a theoretical physicist and simulation expert, was in polit ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 7 2013 - 10:17am

We Need More Hunters, Says Deer Census

In the current U.S. gun ban debate, both sides are claiming they care about hunters- but it is a dwindling population among Americans and that will cause deer populations to grow out of control, according to new findings in the UK, which has been banning ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 7 2013 - 1:02pm

A Biological Basis For Gender Differences In Math?

American education reform in the first decade of the 21st century, called No Child Left Behind, resulted in math parity among boys and girls for the first time in history. It may have taken so long because legacy education methods fight biology and not the ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2013 - 2:37pm

Young Women Too Smart To Go Into Politics

Though every election has high-profile female candidates and elected officials, a new paper conducted by American University Women and Politics Institute director Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox of Loyola Marymount University says that young women ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2013 - 3:07pm

The Moon, Then Mars

There has been much activity in the news by those who have been promoting various ideas on paths to a manned presence on Mars. In some ways the approaches are all similar, except for one where volunteers are sought for a one-way trip to Mars with enough su ...

Article - Haym Benaroya - Apr 4 2013 - 8:00pm

One Man Bravely Stands Against Science, Big Donors And His Party To Oppose Keystone XL

For an administration that promised to 'restore science to its rightful place' and that is run by a man who calls himself ' scientist in chief ' there is sure a lot of anti-science activity going on. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 5 2013 - 10:42am

No, You Can't Buy The Right To Name A Planet

The adage that 'there is a sucker born every minute' has always been true. Organic food? Homeopathy? Social psychology? I am cool with all of those unless poor people who think they are accepting science are being exploited for financial gain. A ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 16 2013 - 2:51pm

Climate Change: Where Republicans And Democrats Agree

In America, only two political parties can win the presidency. For that reason the two parties tend to have a 'big tent' mentality and embrace a lot of fringe members in return for votes. The perfect shouldn't be the enemy of the good, the ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 1 2013 - 11:15am