Science Education & Policy

Soylent Pink: It's What's In Your Child's Lunch

In our modern culture, we have both the politicization of science and the scientization of politics. They sound similar but the goals are different- the first obviously seeks to inject political agendas into science while the second seeks to make a politic ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 24 2023 - 8:38am

What Should College Presidents Do?

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Article - Fred Phillips - Dec 18 2023 - 11:03am

Practice Parameter On Anaphylaxis Changes

The Joint Task Force between the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology have released two new guidelines for allergic reactions. The new recommendations are that calling an ambulance af ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 18 2023 - 6:37pm

Critical Thinking Vs Rote: Why Asia Leads In Student Standardized Tests But Not Adult Science

Once per year, America goes through cultural spasms over international standardized tests. One group says only more money for government union employees will fix it while another claims young people are just dumber today while another claims that only dism ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 21 2023 - 6:36pm

Cash For Clunkers Fiasco Deconstructed And Some Science Is Saved

"Cash for clunkers", President Obama's 2009 Car Allowance Rebates System (CARS), was hailed as a huge success by the administration and environmentalists- but it was really just another government boondoggle. Not as expensive as $72 billion ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 8 2024 - 9:17am

The Economics You Were Taught? Dead.

This is a companion piece to “Enough: Toward A Sustainable Economics”  https://www.science20.com/fred_phillips/enough_toward_a_sustainable_economics-256755. ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Jan 9 2024 - 8:21am

Rural Areas Need A 'Doctors Without Borders' Initiative From Wealthy Physicians In Cities

If a doctor declares that they are going to another country on vacation to provide free medical care, they get a great deal of social currency from that. Ask a San Francisco doctor to travel to rural California to do the same and you'll be dismissed. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 10 2024 - 5:06pm

What is Governor Rick Perry really like? A scientist's perspective on my meeting with him

On Monday I did something that up until a few weeks ago I would have thought nearly impossible. I met in person with Texas Governor Rick Perry. Why might this have seemed highly unlikely until recently?  First of all, I'm a lifelong Democrat, while he ...

Blog Post - Paul Knoepfler - Jan 11 2024 - 2:04pm

Consumer Confusion: How Process Labels Are Used To Misinform

In the early days of food labeling and regulations, it was just about mandating honesty. If you go to buy mayonnaise, you shouldn’t have to wonder if it is mayonnaise, the government reasoned, so they passed a law in 1938 requiring honesty about ingredien ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 14 2024 - 9:35am

Prepare For Kindergarten, Prepare For Life

Children who had a successful first 10-14 weeks of kindergarten scored higher than others on tests of academic and social-behavioral skills at the end of the school year, according to a new demography paper. Important parts of the transition – what the sch ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 22 2024 - 10:55am