Science Education & Policy

Going round the exhibition of the Association for Science Education always leaves me with a few small challenges, such as “how much can I really take in of what an exhibitor is telling me?” and “how much school science do I really understand?” For exampl ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Jan 19 2013 - 2:31am

Antidepressants Overuse Debated

Antidepressant prescriptions in the UK increased by 9.6% in 2011, to 46 million prescriptions. Since that is for a total of only 63 million people in the last census, a lot of whom are children, the antidepressant prescription total is quite high. But doe ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2013 - 1:30pm

The UK Draft Energy Bill And How To Influence The Climate Change Bill

Optimal Monitoring has produced a free eBook about the Department of Energy and Climate Change consultation period, which is open until the end of January. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has invited companies to influence the latest C ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2013 - 11:05am

European Sociologists Call For More Effective Teaching

In Europe, where over 19 million students are in tertiary education, they are looking for ways to improve the teaching skills of scientists in order to teach more effectively the next generation of innovators. It would seem obvious that reducing the anti ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2013 - 5:26pm

Dr. Evil As Spokesman For Neuroscience: You'll Pay $1 Trillion In Health Care Costs Unless...

In the United States, billions of dollars have been spent on marketing to convince people to go into science careers, despite the difficulty many PhDs will have finding jobs in academia. That, coupled with the fact that efforts are on to make funding more ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2013 - 12:50pm

Why No One Wants To Participate In Medical Research

Medical research is both derided and essential. The public complains that a new experimental drug is not available due to the FDA being too conservative while also complaining that drugs have too many side effects and companies should be sued over the la ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 5 2013 - 12:04pm

Science Says 'Good Riddance' To Sen. Tom Harkin

The alternate medicine industry is about to be dealt a massive blow. Progressive Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) has decided not to run for re-election in 2014. What does that mean? His political stonewalling of NIH studies that debunk pseudoscience woo can now co ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 1 2013 - 11:19am

Energy Secretary Steven Chu Has Resigned- Here Are 3 Things We Need In The Next One

Professor Steven Chu, who was appointed Energy Secretary under as much optimism as can be imagined in late 2008, has officially resigned, a move everyone knew was coming. Except for his irrational CO2 fanaticism- an energy Nobel laureate who takes a job in ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 6 2013 - 3:55pm

President Obama Awards 12 The National Medal Of Science

President Obama has awarded 12 researchers the National Medal of Science. 11 inventors also received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Those are the highest government honors bestowed upon scientists, engineers and inventors. This year' ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2013 - 4:43pm

The 'Golden Age' Of Global Health Funding Is Not Over Yet

The moribund western economy has not doomed global health care just yet. Donations to health projects in developing countries are holding steady, according to a new paper from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Was ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2013 - 6:30pm