As the death toll of Ebola continues to rise, especially in the hard-hit West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, the need for a viable cure is growing more and more urgent. Even…

Standing up for science. Credit: Sense About Science By Lydia Le Page, University of Edinburgh The 3rd annual John Maddox Prize has been awarded to Emily Willingham, a science writer in the US, and…

Ebola: EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, CC BY-SA By Richard Kock, Royal Veterinary College The still growing Ebola virus outbreak not only highlights the tragedy enveloping the areas most…

The social sciences have simultaneously become increasingly specialized and over-lapping. A new field calls itself Continental Shelf Prehistoric Research and it studies the remains of…

Come play with us. For ever. And ever. And ever. Alex Eylar By Baden Eunson, Monash University Recently, the Danish Toymaker Lego announced its plans for a reality TV show to be launched in 2015,…

Economics is a dwindling field. Long called the 'dismal science' it is now considered just another philosophical school of thought; people in the money business who want quantification hire…

If it isn't taxes, it is OPEC but oil prices are likely to go up - people are still going to drive. It's necessary. So is physical fitness but a new economics analysis finds that if prices to swim go…

Talk to long-time anglers with a favorite spot and they will often tell stories of one fish they could never get. In mythical overtones, they will speak of its ability to avoid capture,…

Just a short entry to mention that the blog of my colleague Michael Schmitt, a professor at Northwestern University and a member of the CMS collaboration, is as active as ever, with several very…

In the past, it was common practice to get rid of anything that was used - and unused - in operating rooms, but with rising health care costs due to government insurance and growing realization that…

Damage assessments from environmental hazards are always a challenge because of the competing constituencies pulling on science and the fuzzy nature of estimates. After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…

 Credit: Yamanaka Tamaki/Flickr By Meredith Knight, Genetic Literacy Project What’s the fastest expanding section at your local grocery store? Here in Austin, Texas, gluten-free foods, once…

Jean Tirole's theories, capturing reality as an afterthought? IMF, CC BY-NC-ND By David Spencer, University of Leeds It’s that time of year again – when academic economics, thanks to the Nobel Prize…

Sun is in a real solar flare frenzy recently, continuing a week's worth of substantial flares beginning on Oct.19, 2014. It emitted two mid-level solar flares on Oct. 26 and Oct. 27. The first…

In the United States, Democrats have long insisted that women should vote for Democrats, because abortion was the most important issue. Abortion is not really an issue any more. It was allowed by…

In the 1960s and '70s, population bomb reality was said to be as settled as climate change is today. No less than Dr. John Holdren, current Obama administration Science Czar, co-authored a book…

This morning, a large active region on the sun erupted with another X-class flare, its fourth since Oct. 24th.  Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare…

The first images of a nova during its early fireball stage - when it ejects material and gases expand and cool - have been delivered from a nova that erupted last year in the constellation Delphinus.…

Saturday, I launched my first Experiment.com project to crowd-fund my PhD dissertation research in science communication Louisiana State University. Robert Couse-Baker, Flickr.com.…

We never miss pharmaceutical companies until they are gone. Lawsuits, terrifically expensive drug development cycles and trials coupled with a short window for sales before a drug is declared out of…