Science Education & Policy

Banning Fast Food In Los Angeles Hasn't Helped Obesity Or Diets

Bans are all the rage in states like California and New York but the key question is whether or not they actually work; the entire developed world is facing an obesity crisis so if bans are the only thing that will prevent a strained health care system fro ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2015 - 2:30am

Schools Blamed For Lack Of Female Role Models In STEM

The annual Rethink Media conference was held yesterday at Birmingham City University to address the future of the digital landscape and the challenges facing the sector and, predictably, there was plenty of blame to go around, and assurances that the answe ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2015 - 9:21pm

Obama Administration New Guidelines For Fracking On Public Lands

The big question in policy circles for the last month has been, would the Obama administration that has repeatedly said that putting solar panels on public land should be allowed side with science or with environmentalists when it came to natural gas? ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 6 2015 - 11:33am

Manuscript on Chemical Bonds: Lesson 1 Review on Atomic Structure and Periodic Table

This is the first of a series of lessons about chemical bonds.  The purpose of publishing this through Science 2.0 is to solicit comments and suggestions prior to a formal proposal for its use in the general chemistry classes particularly, in the junior hi ...

Blog Post - Camilo Tabinas - Feb 17 2017 - 6:41pm

You May Never Pay Off Your Student Loans

In the 1980s, student loans were not unlimited, there was a cap on how much you could borrow without getting a regular loan from a bank. As a result, colleges and universities kept their costs down. By the end of the decade, politicians saw a chart showing ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2015 - 2:32pm

Federal GMO Rules- An End To Patchwork States Bills Or Going DARK?

A bipartisan duo has floated the idea of putting an end to having 50 rules for 50 states when it comes to labels on genetically modified foods. The federal government is usually hands off about processes that don't involve safety- they don't do s ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 22 2019 - 11:01pm

Reduce College Tuition By Separating Funding For Research And Education

The Australian federal government again failed in its attempt to allow universities to set their own prices for student fees. The key concern with the package was that student fees would rise sharply. However, this is not a necessary outcome of a deregula ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 27 2015 - 8:00am

Sometimes Attention Is The Deficit

Writers, athletes and athletes can tell you that sometimes being too focused in a bad thing. You need to relax a little, especially if, as the old saying goes, being focused causes you to lose sight of the forest among all those trees. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 28 2015 - 1:11pm

Abortion, Miscarriage Data May Change International Policies

A recent paper shows that it is possible to replace the clinical follow-up examinations recommended today with abortions that include a home pregnancy test while another paper contends that midwives can safely and effectively treat failed abortions and mi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2015 - 12:30pm

Green Energy Subsidies Surge To $270 Billion In 2014

Government subsidies for renewable energy rebounded strongly last year, registering a solid 17% increase after two years of declines. Major expansion of solar installations in China and Japan and government=backed investments in offshore wind projects in ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2015 - 10:24am