Science & Society

Do a network experiment, get a free book

Albert Laszlo Barabasi is a scientist who has long been studying networks and self-organization, and he's got a new book coming out: Bursts: The Hidden Patterns Behind Everything We Do He's setup an online experiment in networking, based on some ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Apr 12 2010 - 10:19pm

Lands Of The Midnight Sun

Lands Of The Midnight Sun This is a list of dates and latitudes where the sun doesn't set for days on end. It might be a useful resource for anyone interested in the Arctic or Antarctic. I've posted it under 'science and society' becau ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 13 2010 - 12:13pm

What Is The Most Important Field Of Science For The Public?

A while ago, I read an argument that understanding economics is more important than understanding evolution. The author's point is that evolutionary theory does not provide the layman with particularly useful information, whereas economic theory has m ...

Article - Adam Retchless - Apr 14 2010 - 9:30am

Helping Academics Lose Their "Ivory Tower" Reputation

Researchers from North Carolina State University are making an attempt to help academia lose its "ivory tower" reputation by connecting students to their local communities. The new research project lays out guidelines that can be used to develop ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2010 - 5:53pm

Gene Patents Stifle Innovation, Block Competition

Exclusive licenses to gene patents are supposed to spur development of new technologies for gauging disease risk but actually do more to block competition in the gene testing market, say researchers from the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (I ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2010 - 1:19pm

When Do People Read Blogs?

Have a look at the figure on the left. It shows the number of visits to this site broken down in hours of the day-the time of the server used by the visitor. The statistics of each bar is sufficient that the uncertainty on their height is of the order of ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Apr 15 2010 - 1:43am

Simon Singh Wins Legal Battle

Simon Singh Wins Legal Battle Good news for lovers of freedom of speech across the planet. The British Chiropractic Association (BCA) this morning dropped its libel claim against Dr Singh. Thanks to the adoption by British judges of a principle of US Law, ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 15 2010 - 6:21am

UEA CRU Scientists Cleared Of Malpractice Allegations

UEA CRU Scientists Cleared Of Malpractice Allegations An independent panel of scientists has cleared scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit of the malpractice allegations which have been made against them. This follows the ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 15 2010 - 8:04am

Goodbye Constellation, Hello... Barocket?

3 NASA employees out of the 22,000 people about to lose their jobs sat in a room full of loyal Democrats and listened to President Barack Obama talk about how much he loved NASA.  Then he talked about how he was gutting it. Not everyone is buying hope in t ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 31 2013 - 12:38pm

Team Plans To Row To The North Pole- Media Claims

Team Plans To Row To The North Pole- Media Claims A team plans to row to the magnetic pole next year. Proving once more, if proof be needed, that the media can't publish a story without incorporating 'added value', the media is misreporting ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 17 2010 - 5:58pm