Science Education & Policy

Two Saturdays: Why A 4 Day Work Week Might Make Sense

As we approach the August bank holiday and a three-day weekend, it is worth reassessing the amount of time we devote to work. What if all weekends could last for three or even four days? What if the majority of the week could be given over to activities ot ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 29 2015 - 1:39pm

If Happy Meal Law Passes, NYC Kids Will Frown

The War on Fast Food hasn't led to the health care bonanza overzealous regulators assured us would result- but that hasn’t stopped them from opening another front on Happy Meals. ...

Article - American Council ... - Aug 31 2015 - 5:03pm

Is The Definition Of Mayonnaise Up To Palates Or Governments?

Should the government tell you what mayonnaise to buy? Liberals and conservatives would probably agree that freedom is paramount when it comes to sandwich spreads, this is America, after all, but everyone across the ideological spectrum would also agree t ...

Article - American Council ... - Sep 7 2015 - 10:35am

Obamacare Credited With Improvement In Chronic Disease Management

People with health insurance are more likely to have their high cholesterol, diabetes, and high blood pressure correctly diagnosed--and to have these chronic conditions under control--than similar uninsured people, according to a new study led by research ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2015 - 8:07am

Grading The GOP Candidates On Vaccines

Here at the American Council on Science and Health, we meticulously avoid politics because science, in its purest form, is a quest for the truth while the essence of politics is lying well, preferably without getting caught. And, even if you do get caught ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Sep 24 2015 - 9:24am

Technology, Not Bans, Could Solve America's Violence Problem

Though England, Scotland and Wales hold the top three spots as the most violent countries in the developed world, in America the ability to obtain a gun until after you have committed a crime leads even the ultra-violent UK to claim America needs to chang ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2015 - 2:38pm

Graduate Education Is A Mess. Can Universities Fix It?

Colleges and universities in the United States remain among the most prestigious institutions of higher education in the world. But, concerned about rising costs and the job prospects of young men and women with undergraduate degrees, Americans these days ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 29 2015 - 9:00am

One Groups Pays More For Health Insurance Under ObamaCare- Tobacco Users

A new analysis finds tobacco users pay more for a health insurance plan from the Affordable Care Act exchanges than non-tobacco users in nearly every county of the 37 states that used healthcare.gov to sell their plans in 2015.  In some instances, up to 4 ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2015 - 11:59am

Policy Fail: Using Experts Without Adjusting For Their Biases

The accuracy and reliability of expert advice is often compromised and needs to be interrogated with the same tenacity as research data to avoid weak and ill-informed policy, according to risk analysis scholars writing in Nature. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 18 2015 - 11:21am

How To Get Voters To Accept Higher Gas Taxes

Why would anyone agree to a higher tax? The most common technique is to convince enough citizens that someone else will pay for it. Vermont is happy with higher taxes when voters know they will get far more money from the federal government than they ever ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2015 - 12:03pm