Science Education & Policy

Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs Disappearing Quicker Than Expected

Corals in the central and western Pacific ocean are dying faster than previously thought, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have found. Nearly 600 square miles of reef have disappeared per year since the late 1960s, twice the rate of ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 8 2007 - 12:05pm

Can Any Climate Change Action Be Enough For All Activists?

Is something better than nothing while society adjusts to the impact of pollution and climate change? Or is a "band-aid" approach just making people feel better and wasting time? It depends on which environmental group you ask. The Royal Society ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 8 2007 - 10:35pm

Linking Science And Societal Outcomes

Following World War II, the U.S. began increasing its commitment to publicly-funded science. The responsibility of the scientist was thought to be a straightforward process: if the scientists asked the “right” questions, their answers would help policy mak ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2007 - 1:39am

What Extinction Can Teach Us

Extinctions happened in periodic cycles in Earth's history but approximately 250 million years ago vast numbers of species disappeared from Earth and life changed from simple to complex. According to Jonathan Payne, assistant professor of geological a ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2007 - 10:12am

Conservation Discovery: Plant Eating Insects Travel A Lot

The long-held belief that plant-eating insects in tropical forests are picky eaters that stay “close to home” – dining only on locale-specific vegetation – is being challenged by new research findings that suggest these insects feast on a broader menu of f ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2007 - 1:30pm

Something Is Better Than Nothing

Lesson 1. Doing something is better than doing nothing. "You should go to the studio everyday," a University of Michigan art professor named Richard Sears told his students. "There's no guarantee that you'll make something good-- ...

Article - Seth Roberts - Aug 9 2007 - 9:26pm

Newer US Hispanics Show Increased Drug Use

Substance abuse increases among acculturated Hispanic immigrants, according to new research presented today by Oregon State University assistant professor Scott Akins at the American Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting in New York. The study surveyed ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2007 - 3:13pm

Pollution Causes 40 Percent Of Deaths Worldwide, Study Finds

About 40 percent of deaths worldwide are caused by water, air and soil pollution, concludes David Pimentel, Cornell professor of ecology and agricultural sciences. Such environmental degradation, coupled with the growth in world population, are major cause ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2007 - 4:11pm

Range, Severity Of Phoma Stem Canker Increased By Global Warming

A paper published in the Royal Society journal Interface on 15th August 2007 highlights recent research that predicts that the range and severity of the plant disease phoma stem canker is increased by global warming. A research team led by Rothamsted Resea ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2007 - 4:46pm

Hollywood Hurts Science

Movies such as Spiderman 2 and Speed generate excitement among audiences with their cool special effects. But they also defy the laws of physics, contributing to students’ ignorance about science. Two University of Central Florida professors show just how ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2007 - 2:59pm