Science Education & Policy

Is There A Future For Particle Physics In America?

The United States of America hasn't been interested in building big new physics collaborations, such as the Large Hadron Collider, in the last 20 years, since the Clinton administration canceled the Superconducting Super Collider. The James Webb Space ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 24 2014 - 2:52am

Our Dying Business Schools

American business schools, R.I.P. ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Jun 29 2014 - 12:29am

Child Chatter: Boys And Girls Learn Language Differently

Girls and boys learn to use language differently, according to a new study which found that girls were more likely to remember words while boys were more likely to create words and sentences in ‘real-time’. Language scholars believe language uses both a me ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2014 - 1:05pm

NHS: 5.8 Million Visits To Emergency Rooms After Patients Can't See A GP

Residents of England claim their health care is the best in the world- and some in America agree. While America clearly leads the world in medical treatment, everyone with the money from almost every country quickly abandons their health care for US shore ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2014 - 10:59pm

4 Habits Prepare Nurses For Discussions With Parents Of Pediatric Patients

A child's illness and hospitalization is stressful for children and their parents and also clinicians.  20 years ago, the Four Habits Model of Highly Effective Clinicians, a core set of communication skills developed to help physicians communicate wi ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2014 - 12:51am

Unnecessary Blood Tests: Cut Defensive Medicine And You Cut Health Care Spending

The United States of America has the best medical treatment in the world, but like most things with quality it is not cheap. Advocacy groups like the Commonwealth Fund focus on high average cost in their cultural efforts to nationalize the health care sys ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2014 - 12:49pm

How Much Will The 2 Degree Climate Target Cost?

There are numerous ways to address carbon emissions but are we choosing the right approaches? America and Europe have invested heavily in subsidizing solar and wind generation and solar panels- but critics contend that the same money spent modernizing old ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2014 - 2:30pm

MDs As Debt Counselors And Psychologists: Welfare Reforms Increase Doctor Visits

The UK government is in a deficit crisis. Unlike the US, they seem to worry about it. In order to reduce the deficit, they have taken steps to make welfare less of a chronic lifestyle.  Since 2010 the UK government has introduced a raft of reforms to the ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2014 - 3:00am

FDA’s Pathway For Hospital Acquired Pneumonia- It's Feasible But Stupid

The FDA released its long-awaited Draft Guidance on hospital-acquired pneumonia   recently. Their guidance has not changed since I wrote a   blog   about my last meeting with the FDA antibacterial drug development task force back in September of last year ...

Article - David Shlaes - Jul 3 2014 - 3:25pm

R.I.P Portuguese Science

Portuguese government shuts down half of the research units in the country The Portuguese funding agency for science (Fundação para a Ciência e aTecnologia – FCT) has just announced lthat it will stop  funding nearly half of the research units in the coun ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Jul 16 2014 - 6:00am