Science Education & Policy

Bernie Sanders Isn’t Pro-Science (and Neither Are Most Progressives)

“For those of us who believe in science,you simply cannot ignore what the scientific community is saying almost unanimously.” ...

Article - Jenny Splitter - Mar 5 2016 - 2:18pm

Using Your Education To Live Better

I was enthralled by reading the latest post by Greg Kotkowski on the Amva4NewPhysics blog. He has something to teach us all about how we should be rational and use our knowledge to address everyday problems, rather than follow the groupthink and be driven ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Apr 6 2016 - 7:49am

Publishing In An International Scholarly Journal: Tips From An Editor

These tips will help researchers for whom English is a second language, and who work at universities and research institutes where the international publishing culture is still young.  ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Apr 15 2016 - 8:53am

What Environmental And Pro-Science Groups Agree On: Ending A Government Carbon Sequestration Facility

Friends of the Earth, an activism group generally devoted to impeding science and progress, is excited that the Texas Clean Energy Project, a carbon capture and sequestration facility in Texas, has support from the Department of Energy that is set to expi ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 13 2016 - 12:56pm

Firearm Ownership And Suicide Rates

In Japan, where the suicide rate is quite high but guns are banned, they use rope. So it is accurate to state that rope ownership is closely tied to suicide rates in that country. Using that same methodology, it is easy to do the same with guns and suicid ...

Article - News Staff - May 23 2016 - 10:32am

After Losing In Government, Environmental Groups Embrace The Free Market

Environmental groups, who ordinarily love centralized government and social authoritarian mechanisms to block science and progress, have suddenly embraced the free market- well, when the free market is using social authoritarian mechanisms to block science ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 27 2016 - 12:23pm

How To Explain The Gender Gap In Science Exam Performance

Men still outperform women in undergraduate introductory biology tests and humanities scholars are scrambling to blame the tests. And the wealth of families. Anything except the fact that on different tests in different classes at different times, test pe ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2016 - 8:58am

5 Things To Know Before You Leave School

Dear class of 2016, Finishing school can be a daunting experience but you are young, bright and have your future ahead of you — easy for me to say, you might think. I could fill a book with the things I wish I’d known when I left school – how to iron, how ...

Article - The Conversation - Jun 20 2016 - 8:45am

Top Scientists Chastise Greenpeace

The Nobel Prize  was established upon the death of scientist and inventor,  Alfred Nobel ...

Blog Post - Stuart Smyth - Jul 27 2016 - 4:36pm

In France, There Is STEM Bias Too- Against Men

French men love French women. So much so that given two equal candidates for a job, one male and one female, they are likely to score a female higher when it comes to being a science educator. Claims of bias are rampant in the United States- women overwhe ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2016 - 4:37pm