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Worried About Bees? Blame Blood-Sucking Parasites

Honeybees are a key pollinating insect, associated with around $40 billion in crops. In recent years, there were higher than normal colony losses ( colony collapse disorder ) has been a concern. Environmentalist have focused on neonicotinoid pesti ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2014 - 5:41pm - 0 attachments

Politics On Twitter - A Whole Lot Of Plebians Echoing A Few Elites

... media in disseminating information, setting agendas and framing conversation." Liberal comedian Bill Maher was the most retweeted ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2014 - 10:02am - 0 attachments

Concerned About Increasing Levels Of Doubt Over Climate Science? Thank Journalists

... of people whose work they admire. And then there is the framing they engage in. During American election season, watching ... increasingly evident that the choice of language in framing climate science can have significant impacts on public and policy ... began to stop speaking in journalism language and began framing the science as settled more and more? Acceptance of science began to ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 8 2014 - 8:47pm - 0 attachments

Now That Natural Gas Is Working, Methane Is Being Called More Damaging Than CO2

... and replaced with 'shale'. Activists know their framing far better than energy corporations do. So CO2 is now immaterial? ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 5 2014 - 6:33pm - 0 attachments

Culture War: More Mentally Ill People Use E-Cigarettes, Says Causalation Paper

... is how the issue is framed. And in science and health, framing is always bad. The authors from University of California, San Diego ... could put them at risk," Cummins said.  See the framing? Identify one product that has known levels of safety. Not one. Not ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2014 - 1:38am - 0 attachments

What Scientists Say And What The Public Hears

Richard Somerville and Susan Hassol have some recommendations for how to improve science communication. I've written about this before. In the Communicating Astronomy With The Public magazine I outlined the Pitfalls and Perils of Science Communic ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 8 2014 - 10:57am - 0 attachments

Debris Find - Likely Came From A Caravan

... lightweight structures don't often incorporate wood framing because of its weight.  On the other hand, wood tends to be much ... than aluminium and so is quite frequently used for the framing of caravans, trailers and truck bodies. It may be of some ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 24 2014 - 12:53pm - 0 attachments

Raw Milk Is Not A Libertarian Issue - And Republicans Should Not Make It A GOP One

... 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.09.035 Advocates are framing it as a freedom issue - they have gone on the same rant in comments ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 24 2014 - 4:32pm - 0 attachments

The Supreme Court Undermines Racial Preferences For College Admissions

... may seek to do the same. It's only bizarre political framing that is going to insist that this institutionalized discrimination is ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 22 2014 - 4:49pm - 0 attachments

Earth Day: Illegal Immigration Is Killing The Environment, Says Group

Between 2000 and 2010, native-born Californians had fewer children and a giant chunk of the middle class fled the state, but California's population still grew by 3,390,000. The state is expected to add another 13 million people by 2050, according to ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2014 - 4:10pm - 0 attachments