Science & Society

"The common curse of mankind- folly and ignorance."- Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida "And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastical tyranny's the worst."- Daniel Defoe, Jure divino: a satyr ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 19 2010 - 12:01pm

Welcome To The Science Party

Welcome To The Science Party Today, 20 April, sees the launch of The Science Party, a new political party led by bestselling author and New Scientist consultant Dr Michael Brooks. Brooks is standing for the party in the forthcoming British general election ...

Article - Richard Mankiewicz - Apr 21 2010 - 4:16am

The very same Grisha Perelman- about Masha Gessen's book "Perfect Rigor"

Grisha Perelman continues to make huge headlines- several days ago he has reportedly turned down the official proposal to participate in the so-called " Russian Silicon Valley " project. The reason he has given for his refusal is that he has &qu ...

Blog Post - Evgeni Starikov - May 14 2010 - 7:34am

Salt: an endangered food group

Miguel de Cervantes said that a "man must eat a peck of salt with his friend, before he knows him." If the Institute of Medicine has its way, there are going to be a lot fewer friends out there for you, guys. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 21 2010 - 11:50pm

Pressure To Publish Creates Bias In Science Literature

Academics are being increasingly pressured to produce 'publishable' results and The quality of scientific research may be suffering as a consequence, according to a new PLoS ONE study. The analysis of papers in all disciplines shows that research ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2010 - 10:33am

How Mainstream Is Science?

I get asked a lot about Science 2.0® and why I chose to start something like ScientificBlogging.com, because science is such a niche. Is it? 65 million people respond to surveys that they are interested in science. Since there are just over 300 million ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 15 2010 - 10:13am

Cambridge Science Festival: Day 1 Highlights

It is springtime in Boston- a time when some of the greatest young (and old) innovators in science come together for 9 days of sciency goodness, a.k.a. the Cambridge Science Festival. This short video highlights some of the activities and exhibits from the ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Apr 26 2010 - 9:52am

Avant-Garde Science: Toward Unconstrained Scientific Craziness

As I lay inside the box in the pitch blackness waiting for the show to begin, I wonder if the operator forgot to start it. Nothing is happening – no sound, no sights…nothing at all. Ah, wait, did I just hear something? Maybe, although perhaps that was jus ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Apr 26 2010 - 11:23am

Van de, Van der...?

One thing I learned from my recent trip to DESY was the proper name for a certain type of electrostatic generator[1]. Like many Brits, I had somehow got it into my head that it was called a Van der Graaf, but in fact it was invented by the American physic ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Apr 26 2010 - 1:36pm

Science!

Introduction: (One simple rule) Science is not guys in lab coats. Science is not beakers and test tubes, or fancy expensive equipment that requires a degree to operate. Science isn't something funded by corporations or the government or universitie ...

Blog Post - Bakari Kafele - Jun 2 2010 - 4:00pm