Science Education & Policy

Naomi Klein Or Al Gore? Making Sense Of Contrasting Views On Climate Change

Naomi Klein: To fight climate change, we have to end capitalism. Mariusz Kubik, CC BY By Matthew Nisbet, Northeastern University Earth is “f---ed” and our insatiable growth economy is to blame. So argues Naomi Klein in her intentionally provocative best-s ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 9 2014 - 12:00pm

Low Birth Rates Pay Off- In The Short Term

America now has a services funding problem that has plagued Europe for a time- nowhere near enough workers to pay for people getting government money.  Though there are now 2 workers to pay for Baby Boomer social security, compared to 42 when the system s ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2014 - 9:00pm

How To Fill The Antibiotic Void

With expensive clinical trials, lawyers waiting to sue, and long approval times unless a disease makes it into the New York Times, pharmaceutical companies are leaving the antibiotic space behind. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2014 - 2:04pm

The Sesame Street Lesson For Physicians

More than 2,000,000 people are incarcerated in the United States, the highest incarceration rate in the world- little surprise when abusing a dog is a felony, there are different penalties for attacking a person of one color over another, and judges are gi ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2014 - 4:24pm

Are Republicans Responsible For The Lack Of An Ebola Vaccine?

Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, has a $29 billion per year budget, which dwarfs the National Science Foundation and NASA- combined. You'd think for all that money they could have done a lot to create an Ebola vacci ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 16 2014 - 10:12am

Lavender Tipping Point: French Growers Lash Out At EU Anti-Science Policies

French growers have to endure a lot of strange restrictions- they can't use seeds with neonicotinoids on them, for example, because of a manufactured controversy about colony collapse disorder, but they can spray neonics on the plants themselves, whi ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2014 - 11:58am

Would Immunity From Malpractice Reduce 'Defensive Medicine' Costs?

In America, the cost of health care is not high just because the medicine is the best in the world, it is also because of lawsuits. Due to judgments in court cases that have earned tens of millions of dollars for lawyers- one aggressive lawyer demonized h ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2014 - 8:00am

Diversity 3.0: Medical Education Is Not Black And White Any More

Diversity in medical education used to be simple- more black people, more women- but it is not just a numbers game anymore.  Instead of focus just on recruiting under-represented students, modern education needs to be about creating an optimal learning en ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2014 - 6:00pm

Snobbery In The Academy Is Alive And Well And Doing Harm

If you've ever felt as though professors treat you with less than respect, you're probably not alone. Credit: Flickr, CC BY-SA By Brian Martin, University of Wollongong and Majken Jul Sørensen, University of Wollongong A female engineering stude ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 17 2014 - 7:30am

Back To School, Teachers: Myths About The Brain Hold Back Education

Myths about the brain are common among teachers worldwide and are hampering teaching, according to new research which presented teachers in the UK, Holland, Turkey, Greece and China with seven 'neuromyths' and then asked whether they believe the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2014 - 1:30pm