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Lincoln Was An Atheist

Lincoln Was An Atheist

May 02 2012 | comment(s)

Unless he gets hit by a bus, Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican nominee and be given the opportunity to lose in the election this fall.
Should Science Subsidize Basket Weaving?

Should Science Subsidize Basket Weaving?

May 01 2012 | comment(s)

Two decades after colleges got politicians to declare a college education a 'right' (fuzzy correlation/causation statistics showing a college education meant higher lifetime earnings made that part easy), schools that have put up lots of new buildings and had the culture turn on them due to bits of high-profile chicanery like charging $89,000 for a two-year program in "environmental journalism", are fighting back the same way government fights back when they overspend and the public doesn't want to pay more in taxes to cover it; they start trotting out high-profile sacrificial lambs.
Get Radical - And Maybe Be A Better Scientist

Get Radical - And Maybe Be A Better Scientist

Apr 25 2012 | comment(s)

In an open science community like Science 2.0, people will feel like they can just sign up and babble about anything and if you protest that what they are doing is not really science (wormholes, brand new theory of everything, social psychology, etc.), they will object with a few predictable responses certain to make everyone chuckle. They go something like; Galileo was oppressed too, Einstein did his best work as a patent clerk, etc.
Former ACS President Denies Charges He Plagiarized Himself

Former ACS President Denies Charges He Plagiarized Himself

Apr 25 2012 | comment(s)

Ron Breslow of Columbia University in New York has denied charges he plagiarized...himself.

Hey, science is tough.  You have to cite pretty thoroughly. There are lots of instances where entire papers have been sent back from peer review because authors did not cite the reviewers or their friends enough times. It's pretty competitive out there.  
Good News, Science 2.0 Writers - Women Prefer Arrogant Men

Good News, Science 2.0 Writers - Women Prefer Arrogant Men

Apr 19 2012 | comment(s)

Let's be honest - in the 21st century the wussification of men has been in full force.   Being a man is out if that means not being a politically correct, hyper-sensitive, asexual, homogenized follower of all that is cool and popular among the cultural intelligentsia.

But testosterone levels are dropping and that could mean any number of consequences for the future of our species. Now you have one more science excuse to sack up and stop identifying as a metrosexual; a group of researchers concluded in 2010 that modest males endure social backlash because they are not 'macho' enough. We may not like arrogant people but meek people are annoying too.
U.S. Forest Service Thanks Environmentalists For Getting Out Of The Way

U.S. Forest Service Thanks Environmentalists For Getting Out Of The Way

Apr 16 2012 | comment(s)

It's taken decades but the U.S. Forest Service is finally being allowed to use science in managing America's natural resources.

Instead of environmental activists tying up science and the government by using other government regulations and red tape to block meaningful improvements, we can actually reduce wildfires, manage water responsibly and protect endangered species, instead of pitting those outcomes against each other, as environmental lawyers had successfully done in the past.