Science Education & Policy

Evolutionary Change In Human Altered Environments- 38 Peer-Reviewed Articles Free Online

Global warming and other human-caused ecological changes are outpacing the ability of species to adapt, resulting in greater threats of disease, reduced diversity in plant and animal communities, and an overall loss of natural heritage, according to resear ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 20 2007 - 11:02am

What's The Matter With Texas? Creationism On Its Way Back

Is the State of Texas about to offer Master of Science degrees in creationism? The Institute for Creation Research (ICR), an organization that officially believes the earth sprang into existence less than 10,000 years ago, has applied to offer a state-appr ...

Article - Michael White - Dec 21 2007 - 9:39pm

Soccer Moms Versus College Students: Who's More Environmentally Responsible?

Protests couldn't happen without college students, who have plenty of time on their hands, but research carried out at the University of Granada reveals that busy housewives raising future college students are still more willing to separate glass from ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 26 2007 - 5:57pm

Leading Scientists And Thinkers On Energy – Dr. Thomas Valone

In this latest installment of our on-going series of interviews with some of the leading thinkers and scientists on the subject of energy, we interview Dr. Thomas Valone. Facing and solving the multiple issues concerning energy is the single most pressing ...

Article - David Houle - Apr 2 2008 - 4:38pm

Multi-Racial Breast Cancer Study Finds Gene Mutation In Hispanics, Ashkenazi Jews And Young Black Women

A genetic mutation already known to be more common in Ashkenazi Jewish breast cancer patients is also prevalent in Hispanic and young African-American women with breast cancer, according to one of the largest, multiracial studies of the mutation to date. R ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 25 2007 - 9:01pm

NIH- Public Access To Peer Reviewed Articles Made Into Federal Law

President Bush has signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764), which includes a provision directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide the public with open online access to findings from its funded research. Th ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 26 2007 - 6:04pm

Minneapolis Tops List Of America's Most Literate Cities

The annual America’s Most Literate Cities ranking, published today in “USA Today,” measures the cultural resources for reading in America’s largest cities. It names Minneapolis, Seattle, St. Paul, Denver, Washington, DC, St. Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 27 2007 - 1:26pm

Kids And Video Game Violence; How Much Impact Does It Have?

Highly publicized events such as school shootings arouse public interest in the effects of media violence exposure on children, yet there is still considerable public debate about whether to take this issue seriously. A recent article in Social Issues and ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 28 2007 - 2:24pm

The Power Of Placebos Over Health Journalists

In the New York Times, Abigail Zuger, an M.D., recently reviewed a book called Snake Oil Science: The Truth About Complementary and Alternative Medicine by R. Barker Bausell — the “truth” being, if I read Zuger correctly, that it’s all baloney. Zuger call ...

Article - Seth Roberts - Dec 29 2007 - 12:20am

Kids And Nightmares: It May Be A Personality Trait

Bad dreams in pre-schoolers are less prevalent than thought. However, when they do exist, nightmares are trait-like in nature and associated with personality characteristics measured as early as five months, according to a study published in the January 1 ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 1 2008 - 12:21pm