Science Education & Policy

A Bibliometric Theater Of The Absurd

Funding for institutions of higher education in Norway is partially determined by how many publications their employees produce. While there are already six troubling problems with this system, one of them is about to get much, much worse. A group of exp ...

Article - Curt Rice - Jan 18 2015 - 2:11am

Teaching Inorganic Nomenclature: Memorizing Cations and Anions Made Easy

Memorizing the ions is one of the most challenging part of mastering the basics of inorganic nomenclature. As I agree with Gerhand, Lind (1992), students of chemistry should master the naming and writing inorganic compounds. With this, I am suggesting th ...

Blog Post - Camilo Tabinas - Dec 30 2018 - 4:57am

Nutrition Labels Are Hard To Swallow

Some groups want to label foods that contain anything created with modern genetic modification. Yet the previous generation of genetically modified foods, using mutagenesis, can be labeled organic. And why not label all pesticides used on food, whether syn ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2015 - 1:30pm

New Math: Calculating The Economic Cost Of Climate Change

Hurricane Sandy pummeled cities along the east coast in 2012, causing billions of dollars in damage. Shutterstock By Delavane Diaz, Stanford University Climate change is as much an economic problem as an environmental one. The effects of climate change, s ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 20 2015 - 9:38pm

When Is Government Advertising Just Political Advertising?

The government's ad promoting proposed changes to higher education. Is it legal? And if so, should it be? Youtube screen grab, CC BY-SA By Andrew Hughes, Australian National University ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 21 2015 - 11:40pm

Take Science Out Of The Climate Change Debate

Climate science is right – but it isn't winning. NASA, CC BY By Mathis Hampel, University of East Anglia Scientists tell us the world is warming and that a climate catastrophe is imminent. They’re probably right. Yet climate change framed by scientis ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 23 2015 - 9:01am

Scotland Has The Only Anti-GMO Stance Worth Respecting

Throughout the European Union, environmental elites have to scramble a bit to rationalize their anti-GMO stance while trying not to sound silly. That's not easy. How can modern GMOs be Frankenfood while the previous generation of genetically modified ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 22 2015 - 7:47pm

What Parts Of Education Should Be Done By Teachers Instead Of Parents?

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Article - The Conversation - Jan 26 2015 - 7:30pm

Why Climate Scientists Shouldn't Testify Before Congress

Climate scientists will be either ineffectual or counter-productive if they testify before Congress. EPA By Mathis Hampel, University of East Anglia Western liberal democracies believe that in difficult political decisions science serves as a referee and ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 27 2015 - 2:25pm

Whale Or Dinosaur At The Natural History Museum?