Science Education & Policy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Value Questioned In UK Study

A new revision of clinical guidelines to help doctors manage patients with depression has challenged the rationale behind the UK government’s policy of rolling out of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for milder depression. According to a comprehensive r ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2008 - 2:04pm

Being Bilingual Linked To Longer Life

Children who speak a second or third language may have an unexpected advantage later in life, a new Tel Aviv University study has found. Knowing and speaking many languages may protect the brain against the effects of aging. Dr. Gitit Kavé, a clinical neur ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2008 - 7:04pm

Designer Isotopes Or Nanotechnology- Science's Big Future

Designer labels aren't just cool to pretentious New York women- they're also the dream of nuclear physicists. Designer isotopes, the relatively new power scientists have to make specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors t ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2008 - 10:11pm

Platypus Sex Chromosomes And Basal-Equals-Primitive

There has been considerable interest in the publication of the platypus genome, which is good. Unfortunately, much of the reporting has been distorted, which is bad. However, rather than picking on the press, I want to focus on an example from the scienti ...

Article - T. Ryan Gregory - May 15 2008 - 3:22pm

21st Century Lunar Landings Analyzed Right Down To The Dust

It's time to think about a return to the moon. Thanks to being able to stand on the shoulders of giants, we know where to watch for problems- even in the dust. Dust could be more than a housekeeping issue for astronauts who visit the moon because the ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2008 - 9:37am

Cost Savings Equals Conservation Equals Being Green

  Energy costs are at an all time high.   They will continue to go up.   The price of petroleum may indeed fluctuate, but within ever higher ranges.   $125 a barrel oil will climb to $135-150.   This is creating a convergence for businesses in that the tr ...

Article - David Houle - May 18 2008 - 8:57pm

Second Hand Smoke Linked To Ear Infections In Aborigines

A new report from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found a strong link between childhood ear infections and exposure to tobacco smoke. The families of 100 Aboriginal children and 180 non-Aboriginal children participated in the Kalgo ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2008 - 11:34pm

Want To Be A European Astronaut? Here's Your First Chance In 16 Years

ESA has today opened applications for talented individuals wishing to become an astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps. There has not been a selection campaign since 1992, so this is a rare opportunity to be at the forefront of ESA’s human spaceflight p ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2008 - 1:35pm

Evolution: Winning In Court But Losing In Class?

In the perpetual fight over evolution in public schools, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that supporters of science education have largely been successful in shutting down creationist attempts to undermine evolution through state legislat ...

Article - Michael White - Jul 13 2008 - 11:24am

Epic Fail: Evolution And Creationism In America's Classrooms

It is no exaggeration to call evolution “the central concept of biology.” So why is the fact of evolution denied by half of our population? A new article in PLoS Biology by Michael Berkman, Julianna Pacheco, and Eric Plutzer suggests it might be on account ...

Article - John Dennehy - Jul 13 2008 - 11:28am