Science Education & Policy

Change Versus Change – A New England Look At Obama And McCain’s Health Care Plans

You know things are bad when an insurance company tries to fix the health care system. WellPoint Inc. is funding a competition in collaboration with X Prize Foundation to devise solutions that improve health care cost and quality. Although the actual awar ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Oct 19 2008 - 3:00am

Bottoms Up: Rice University Students Work On Anticancer “BioBeer”

Tricking students into learning with fun has always been a ploy of educators. When I was a kid, my kindergarten teacher, tricked my class into enjoying reading by serving eggs and ham that were dyed green. In sixth grade, while studying Ancient Egypt, we ...

Article - Jen Palmares Meadows - Oct 19 2008 - 3:03am

Only One Thing Could Make Beer More Awesome- Preventing Cancer (Thanks Biobeer)

Think you knew spent too much time pondering the wonders of beer in college? These Rice University students have you beat. They're using genetic engineering to create beer that contains resveratrol, a chemical in wine that's been shown to reduce ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2015 - 5:30pm

Gorilla Communication Comes From The Left Brain Too

A new University of Sussex study provides evidence that gorilla communication is linked to the left hemisphere of the brain- just as it is in humans. Psychologist Dr Gillian Sebestyen Forrester developed a new method of analysing the behaviour of gorillas ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2008 - 12:30am

Values- How To Build Better Kids

Is there a connection between what children believe and how they act, and how strong is the link? Researchers from four universities who studied these questions were surprised by the results. "For me the biggest surprise was how the link between belie ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2008 - 1:07am

UPDATE: HEATTECH- The Warm-up And Stay-warm Range Of Wear Global Try It Campaign

TOKYO, October 17 /PRNewswire/--- DEMONSTRATION EVENT- UNIQLO TRY-- HEATTECH- the warm-up and stay-warm range of wear Global Try It Campaign- 1,000 consumers, 100 media representatives will be given a free HEATTECH trial kit- In the second of its UNIQLO T ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 17 2008 - 3:30am

Ghana Symposium Inaugurates Susan G. Komen For The Cure(R)'s Commitment In Africa

ACCRA, Ghana, October 17 /PRNewswire/--- Steps Under Way to Address Issues Causing High Breast Cancer Death Rates Among African Women Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) today expanded its mission to Africa, helping to establish the Ghana Breast Cancer Allianc ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 17 2008 - 10:34am

Sarah Palin: Why Are We Wasting Money on Fruit Fly Research?

Sarah Palin is opposed to the basic model organism research that forms the bedrock of biomedical research. Over at Pharyngula, go listen to her mock the fact that we spend money on projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things lik ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 25 2008 - 5:00pm

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Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Oct 28 2008 - 9:03pm

Science Comes Up With A Smarter Way To Study

"Practice makes perfect" and "timing is everything" are cliches are for a reason; they are mostly correct.   According to the findings published in this month's issue of Psychological Science, proper spacing of lessons  can dramati ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2008 - 2:09pm