Science Education & Policy

Moderate consumption of red wine may decrease the risk of lung cancer in men, according to a report in the October issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Chun Chao, Ph.D., a…

Afraid to fly? It may not be rational, since airplanes are quite safe, but to people who have that phobia, it defies rationality. Researchers from the Center for Obesity Research and Education and…

Sarah Palin lost the room immediately after Joe Biden choked up, say Karen Kohn Bradley and Karen Studd, certified movement analysts who study the nonverbal and movement behaviors of political…

A new study has concluded that musicians have IQ scores than non-musicians, supporting other recent research that intensive musical training is associated with an elevated IQ score. Vanderbilt…

Dr. Costas Karageorghis of Brunel University’s School of Sport and Education today revealed a study stating that carefully selected music can significantly increase a person’s physical endurance and…

The argument that we should teach both creationism and evolution in public schools has been the fundamentalist argument since 1968, when the Supreme Court ruled that states can't ban the teaching of…

The effect of media violence on behavior is not as straightforward as you might think. Although many studies have been conducted examining the link between violence on TV and aggressive behavior,…

As if fighting other nations over oil wasn't complicated enough, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered an oil-feeding bacteria in their coastal waters that may be stealing the oil right out…

Wind farms pose less of a threat to farmland birds than previously feared, new research has found. The study, published this week in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, helps…

In case you haven’t noticed, election season is upon us! Ok, it has been upon us for almost two years, but never mind that. Pollsters are busy trying to determine why people might be voting for one…