Science Education & Policy

Transsexual Smokescreen: Ignoring Science In “The Man Who Would Be Queen”

Both in her recent appearance on KQED’s Forum talk show and in her blog, Stanford University’s Joan Roughgarden continues her campaign to discredit me and my book, The Man Who Would Be Queen. Roughgarden’s rate of false accusations per utterance is so high ...

Article - Michael Bailey - Sep 5 2007 - 11:33am

Understanding Gene P53 Could Stop Half Of All Cancers

So vital is the p53 tumor suppressor gene in controlling cancer that its dysfunction is linked to more than half of human cancers. At the same time, the gene’s capacity for shutting down cell growth, even causing cells to commit suicide if necessary, is so ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 5 2007 - 3:54pm

Howard Bloom On The Future Of Energy: Turn Poisons Into Pleasure And Excrement Into Energy

In this sixth installment of our on-going series of interviews with some of the leading thinkers and scientists on the subject of energy, we interview Howard Bloom. Facing and solving the multiple issues concerning energy is the single most pressing proble ...

Article - David Houle - Nov 7 2007 - 12:04pm

Can Adult Brains Reorganize After Injury?

It’s well known that the child’s brain has a remarkable capacity for change, but controversy rages about the extent to which such plasticity exists in the adult human brain-- particularly, in the part responsible for vision. Now, scientists from The Johns ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 6 2007 - 12:11pm

The Case For Systems Biology: Consolidation Or Individual Research Groups?

The standard approach in biology is to focus on identifying individual genes and proteins and pinpointing their role in the cell or the human body. But molecules almost never act alone. According to Lilia Alberghina from the University of Milano-Bicocca, I ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 7 2007 - 9:58am

Global Consortium Creates Website To Address Global Drinking Water Crisis

More than a billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water. Diseases caused by unsafe drinking water are among the world's most serious public health threats. The Global Health and Education Foundation provided funding to the Marian Kosh ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2007 - 4:43pm

7-Year Mother/Child Study Says Fish/Veggies Reduce Asthma

Giving children a diet rich in fish and “fruity vegetables” can reduce asthma and allergies, according to a seven-year study of 460 Spanish children. The findings also reinforce the researchers’ earlier findings that a fish-rich diet in pregnancy can help ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2007 - 12:00pm

Study: US Spends The Most On Health Care

A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins and Princeton Universities says US healthcare workers are paid too much yet there aren't enough of them. Fewer days in hospitals are offset by more outpatient services and not enough attention is paid to chr ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 12 2007 - 10:57am

Mathematically Predicting Where Ethnic Conflict Will Erupt

In the last century, more than 100 million people have perished in violent conflict, very often because of local clashes between ethnically or culturally distinct groups. In a novel study this week in Science, researchers report on a mathematical model tha ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 13 2007 - 5:28pm

Should Infants Have Cholesterol Tests?

Cholesterol level testing at about 15 months of age could prevent heart disease later in life, say doctors in a study published by British Medical Journal today. Their rationale? Hereditary high cholesterol, known as familial hypercholesterolaemia, affects ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2007 - 9:07am