Science Education & Policy

Fracking Opponents Disappointed In President Obama Being Reasonable On Natural Gas

Dr. Daniel P. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 29 2013 - 12:56pm

6 Ways The US FDA Is More Scientific Than Europe

The American FDA allows ingredients that are banned in other countries. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 7 2013 - 6:31pm

Supersymmetry Proponents Advocate The International Linear Collider

How much money would you be willing to spend to find out if supersymmetry- SUSY- is real or not? It was always known that discoveries made by the Large Hadron Collider would require the International Linear Collider to interpret whatever the LHC finds. Wi ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2013 - 9:46pm

GlaxoSmithKline Embraces Clinical Trial Data Sharing- Is That A Good Thing?

Scientists and policy makers need all the evidence to make informed decisions about medicines but drug research is an area where privacy concerns and transparency are in conflict. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 11 2013 - 3:37pm

Movies As Science Teaching Tools

I love the movies.  I love science.  I spent many formative years watching Joe Bob Briggs, Commander USA, the goofballs at Mystery Science Theatre 3000, and similar people who introduced and commented on the movies they were showing. Consequently, I now ca ...

Article - Joanne Budzien - Jul 10 2013 - 8:10pm

Mars Sample Receiving Facility and sample containment

Background material for How Valuable is Pristine Mars for Humanity- Opinion Piece? for those who want to research into the official studies on back contamination issues and design of the Mars Sample Receiving Facility. ...

Blog Post - Robert Walker - May 18 2019 - 3:52am

Latino Politics More Diverse Than Pundits Recently Assert

In the 2012 presidential election, seven out of 10 Latino immigrants voted for President Obama. News pundits declared the Latino vote as unattainable for the Republican Party. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2013 - 1:17pm

Mars Sample Return- Legal Issues and Need for International Public Debate

This is a draft article I wrote for wikipedia. about the legal issues and requirements for public debate for return of a sample to a  Mars Sample Return Receiving Facility. It is background material for Need For Caution For An Early Mars Sample Return- Op ...

Blog Post - Robert Walker - Jan 19 2014 - 11:09am

Tailpipe Emission Focus Means Obama Climate Action Plan Flawed

Because the Obama administration's Climate Action Plan focuses on cutting carbon emissions by more fuel mileage regulations for American vehicles and are too narrowly focused on "tailpipe emissions", it is unlikely to help, according to a st ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 11 2013 - 6:30am

Singing Phrases Helps Students Learn A New Language

A study using adults who listened to short Hungarian phrases and then sang them back found that singing in a foreign language can significantly improve learning how to speak it.   Three randomly assigned groups of twenty adults took part in a series of fi ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2013 - 10:38am