Science & Society

... as depressing as that may be to hear. Some friends recently described their December trip to India, the first time they've visited in years. India's economy is on fire, unleashing some tremendous pent-up economic demand. What was striking, my ...

Article - Michael White - Jan 11 2011 - 3:18pm

Is There Still Gender Discrimination In Science?

Is there still gender discrimination in science? We hear about it even today but is it a real problem or is it primarily a problem in that 'if there is even one instance it is too many' way that zealots insist on zero tolerance, even when appl ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 12 2011 - 3:00pm

Discrimination Against Men In Science

I am acutely aware of my advantages as a tall, white, semi-able-bodied Westerner with middle class background in a northern European culture. I had and still have it much easier than most people especially here in China. Believe me, I am 100% fully aware ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Aug 6 2011 - 11:00pm

Crazy Is What Crazy Does

It is well known among those who study schizophrenia that speech which does not reflect the true underlying reality produces the kinds of violent and crazy reactions displayed by the assassin of Tucsan. When we can no longer trust that the words our electe ...

Article - Ed Chen - Jan 31 2011 - 9:15am

Biotic Games: Using Microorganisms To Stimulate Public Involvement In Science And Improve Biological Research

I admit it: when I sat down with Ingmar Riedel-Kruse, an Assistant Professor in Bioengineering at Stanford University, to discuss a possible rotation project, my first question for him was “why?” I wasn’t confused about why he was studying developmental pa ...

Article - Lauren Chircus - Jan 24 2011 - 8:41pm

Want People To Embrace Science? Invoke The Bible

Among the more zealous atheists in the science community, religious people are one big jumble of intellectual immaturity, if not outright stupidity, bent on replacing science classes with the New Testament. (1) Hey, that's nicer than what they say abo ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 17 2011 - 4:47pm

Does The U.S. Have A Looming Inventor Gap?

America has been a global powerhouse more due to individual and small group initiative than the large, government projects currently popular. But the U.S. seems to have a widening 'inventor' gap- people who regard themselves as creative and i ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2011 - 1:11pm

A Family of Peers—My Personal Story: Science Online 2011

This past weekend I attended Science Online 2011 —the "un-conference" conference of writers, bloggers, journalists, artists, programmers, and anyone else who uses the internet as a tool for science communication—that gathers to discuss the impact ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Jan 19 2011 - 10:34pm

Prepare A Sexually Receptive Female

Lab rats generally don’t live pleasant lives. Some are infected with diseases. Some are exposed to radiation. Some are sucked nearly dry with ticks. But occasionally a rat makes it lucky and is chosen to participate in a study on pleasure and rewards, wher ...

Article - Jenny Morber - Jan 22 2011 - 1:57am

"The Energy of Vacuum" by Bruno Arpaia

I was contacted a few weeks ago by Bruno Arpaia, an Italian jornalist, translator, and writer of several remarkable novels. He explained that he had just finished a novel, "L'energia del vuoto" (the energy of vacuum) centered on the LHC and ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 23 2011 - 6:34am