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Energy Secretary Steven Chu Gets White House Support - And Why That's Bad For Him

Energy Secretary Steven Chu Gets White House Support - And Why That's Bad For Him

Sep 30 2011 | comment(s)

After the election of Barack Obama in 2008, I had a few isolated concerns about his true science colors; he had issued creepy vaccine-autism statements, his transition team was stuffed with people who believed in anti-science UFO conspiracies, another suspect pick was tipped to run the EPA until his anti-vaccine quackery couldn't be hidden any more, and one of his picks thought girls couldn't do math. For a guy supposedly better for science his advisors were a concern.   John Holdren looked like a science pick, though he had a lot of Doomsday hysteria in his past so he was basically a question mark.
The Left Is More Anti-Science Than The Right Unless The Right Is More Anti-Science Than The Left

The Left Is More Anti-Science Than The Right Unless The Right Is More Anti-Science Than The Left

Sep 30 2011 | comment(s)

Question: Quick, what is the fastest way to make the term "false equivalence" appear?

Answer: Contend that whatever side of the political spectrum the person you are talking to is on is more anti-science than the other side.  Or even equal.

The Left is More Anti-Science than the Right 
Fact Checking Or Copy Checking? Journalism In Science

Fact Checking Or Copy Checking? Journalism In Science

Sep 30 2011 | comment(s)

Imagine if a journalist sent their story to former Republican Vice-President Dick Cheney to 'check the facts' - what would the outcry sound like from other journalists and the public?
Baseball Blasphemy? Pitching Is Only 25 Percent Of Team Success

Baseball Blasphemy? Pitching Is Only 25 Percent Of Team Success

Sep 29 2011 | comment(s)

Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr., better known as Connie Mack, once said that pitching is 75 percent of baseball.  He was speaking from experience, not data, and looks can be deceiving, as people who think a curve ball move two feet can attest, but science is about understanding the world according to data, and that includes baseball.   The data say he is wrong, according to a new analysis by a University of Delaware professor. Pitching is just 25 percent of a team's success.

Are Single-Sex Schools Better For Education?

Are Single-Sex Schools Better For Education?

Sep 26 2011 | comment(s)

The least convincing argument for government-run schooling is that it provides a 'social' experience for children.  Anyone who attended school has horror stories about the behavior kids learn from the social environment at schools and, if you are a parent with a school age child, you might even worry about it more than be relieved.

Single-sex schools would seem to relieve some of that pressure, just like some women or some men feel better at a single-sex exercise facility. Advocates of single-sex schools contend that there may be brain differences between girls and boys that benefit from different teaching styles, though neuroscientists have found no brain differences linked to different learning styles.
Facebook Changes: Is There A Negative Reaction Or Is It Competitor Hype?

Facebook Changes: Is There A Negative Reaction Or Is It Competitor Hype?

Sep 23 2011 | comment(s)

 A poll on Mashable, unscientific but a talking point anyway, found nearly 75-percent saying they "hate" the Facebook news feed changes.