Science Education & Policy

CREB1 Linked To Genetic Variants Of Brain's Reward Circuitry

A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has used brain imaging, genetics and experimental psychology techniques to identify a connection between brain reward circuitry, a behavioral measurement of preference and a gene variant that ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2008 - 6:01pm

Otx 2 Trigger For Plasticity May Help Make Your Brain 'Young' Again

Researchers have long sought a factor that can trigger the brain's ability to learn – and perhaps recapture the "sponge-like" quality of childhood. In the August 8 issue of the journal Cell, neuroscientists at Children's Hospital Boston ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2008 - 12:23pm

Extreme Politics- Moderate Candidates Have A Tougher Time During Tough Times

People like ideological commitment more than moderation and 'across the aisle' thinking in times of uncertainty, says University of Southern California economist Juan Carrillo, so extreme positions build trust among an electorate during rough per ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 8 2008 - 9:03am

"Intelligent design is not a theory" says DI fellow.

The Panda's Thumb (PT) has a short post giving a quote from Michael Medved, a new fellow at the Discovery Institute (DI) (which promotes intelligent design, or ID). In it, Medved notes that intelligent design is not a theory itself, but merely a chall ...

Blog Post - T. Ryan Gregory - Oct 22 2008 - 11:11pm

Sustainable Development Is A Mirage, Argues Environmental Author

Sustainable development thinking got environmental issues onto the agenda but it may now be stopping us from taking serious action on climate change and other crucial planetary issues, argues John Foster, a freelance writer and teacher and honorary Researc ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 10 2008 - 12:57pm

U. of California can reject creationist college prep classes

Religious conservatives who decry postmodernism in the academy, and object to what they see as identity-based scholarship, such a Marxist school of history or African American Studies, have no problem trying to push their own Christianity-based science on ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 22 2008 - 11:08pm

Eco-Tourism Is Big Business But Can Wildlife And Tourism Mix?

To some on the fringes, the only good planet is one without people. To some pseudo-environmentalists, a good planet is one where theirs is the only SUV. To millions more, nature is a way to escape the rigors of city life and enjoy the outdoors without bein ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 13 2008 - 6:13pm

Join The Debate- What Is The World's Most Irreplaceable Species?

Which of the Earth’s species, among bats, bees, fungi, plankton, and primates, are truly irreplaceable? You will have a chance to decide at this year’s debate hosted by Earthwatch, the international environmental charity, on Thursday, 20th November 20th, 2 ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2008 - 11:56am

How to Kill Education: Replace Degrees with Technical Certificates

In yesterday's Wall Street Journal, we read an argument for getting rid of the college degree. You've heard this argument before: under our current system, a college degree doesn't mean anything, because most of the time you don't come ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Apr 10 2014 - 10:34pm

Late For An Important Date? Science Has The Answer

A middle school in East Harlem recently implemented a new invention in the area of rules. It can be described in two words—attendance court. In the area of tardiness, truant individuals may be able to add science as another excuse to their ongoing list. “T ...

Article - Audrey Amara - Aug 15 2008 - 12:27pm