Science Education & Policy

Will Federal Energy Standards Help Or Hurt Consumers?

There aren't many people who will claim that the government is here to help you and they will save you money, but Chris Cooper and Benjamin Sovacool are doing just that. Cooper is Senior Policy Director, Network for New Energy Choices while Sovacool i ...

Article - Cash Simpson - Jun 25 2007 - 1:01pm

What Giving Back On The Internet Can Tell Us About Anthropology

Why do some online communities succeed, like Second Life, Facebook and, well, this one, and some fail? The answer may be in what their communities think about 'giving' and it can tell us a lot about people in general. Everyone does something on s ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 14 2007 - 12:53pm

ENCODE Project Challenges Conventional View Of Genome Biology

A major study of the organization and regulation of the human genome published today changes our concept of how our genome works. The integrated study is an exhaustive analysis of 1% of the genome that, for the first time, gives an extensive view of geneti ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2007 - 10:46pm

Raking It In: Chimpanzees And Tool Use

Human interaction and stimulation enhance chimpanzees’ cognitive abilities, according to new research from the Chimpanzee Cognition Center at The Ohio State University. The study (1) is the first to demonstrate that raising chimpanzees in a human cultural ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2007 - 10:55pm

Getting Cute With Science Class Doesn't Create Gender Balance

"Innovative" science classes- new ways of teaching that are interactive, non-boring and therefore in defiance of every method that made America the home of great scientists for 150 years, are all the rage. The goal is to get more women in science ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 14 2007 - 9:23am

Want To Feel Happy? Pay Your Taxes- And You May Lose Weight Too

Yes, you secretly like giving your money to the government. University of Oregon scientists have found that doing things like donating money to charity or even paying your taxes can give you the same sort of satisfaction you derive from feeding your own hu ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 14 2007 - 9:11pm

The Science Of Humor

Is it possible to scientifically measure someone’s sense of humor? Are there universally good or bad jokes that make people laugh no matter their gender, profession or cultural background? These are some of the questions answered by the doctoral thesis Sen ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2007 - 12:35pm

Time To Rethink The Gene?

After the tremendous discoveries in basic biology of the last 100 years, you might think that we would understand by now what a gene is. But the big news in genome biology this week is the publication of the results of the ENCODE project, a large scale exp ...

Article - Michael White - Jun 20 2007 - 5:03pm

Can We Build A Better Global Warming Model?

There's a problem in all of the climate predictions people have made over the last few years- we just don't know who to trust. Some experts remind us that since we can't predict the weather more than 10 days from now making economy-shatterin ...

Article - Cash Simpson - Jul 1 2007 - 6:35pm

Can Your Kids Go Two Weeks Without TV?

What happens if you deprive a group of 7 and 8 year olds of computers, television and games consoles for two weeks? Psychologist and head of the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, Professor Barrie Gunter, has been working ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2007 - 1:01am