Science & Society

Wandering Code Examined: Semantics And Emotions In The Midst Of Tragedy

"Despite reports of concern from caregivers and some studies, there are limited data on  population-based estimates and predictors of risk for wandering associated with ASD/DD."-- ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting  Wanderin ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Mar 29 2011 - 6:02am

Craig Venter, Egoist

"To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life."-James Joyce Craig Venter is brilliant. Brilliant enough, you might say, to enter the ranks of literary gods. So brilliant, he might not even know it. Venter wants to patent th ...

Blog Post - Chris Delatorre - Mar 29 2011 - 10:44am

Japanese 'quake- shaking things up in the classroom

I am sure there is nobody who would disagree when I say that the Japanese earthquake and tsunami were devastating disasters which have caused untold misery for hundreds of thousands of people and will have profound effects on the lives of millions more, bu ...

Blog Post - Daniel Chapman - Mar 30 2011 - 12:17pm

RMS Titanic- Lessons From History

RMS Titanic- Lessons From History Titanic 100 Festival Belfast's most famous creation, Titanic, will be commemorated in an extended annual festival from 31 March- 31 May 2011, which will include key dates of the ship's build. http://www.belfastc ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 1 2011 - 12:12am

Scandinavians Rule, Russians Low In English Language Skills

LUCERNE, Switzerland, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/---- EF Education First's English Proficiency Index reveals wide gaps in English skills across the world-- EF Education First, the world leader in international education, today unveiled the first comp ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 30 2011 - 4:34pm

Resource Nationalism In Africa

LONDON, April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/-- At The Times' Africa CEO Summit on Tuesday 22 March 2011, Brian Menell, Chairman of Kemet Global Ltd., presented to the Natural Resources Session his views on the challenges posed by the increase in "resource ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 5 2011 - 12:09pm

Squid Jiggin' Music

I've just come across a fabulous tune from Newfoundland that captures perfectly the chaos of jigging (fishing with special lures) for squid: Holy smoke! What a scuffle! All hands are excited. 'Tis a wonder to me that there's nobody drowned. ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Apr 5 2011 - 6:23pm

How Citizen Science Might Flourish in Virtual Worlds

Last weekend, Dynamic Patterns Research attended a virtual presentation in  Second Life. It wasn't an imaginary talk, but actually a very real discussion that included  George Djorgovski, a top astrophysics from Caltech and the popular science writer ...

Blog Post - Matthew T. Dearing - Apr 5 2011 - 9:42pm

News Coverage On Japan Nuclear Disaster Setting Records

A solid month of almost daily “there is no problem but today we have big progress on it” is near, and a post on this record was planned to come in a few days time, but today my irony meter exploded, a lowly height has clearly been already reached. Greg La ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 7 2011 - 7:28am

The Cost Of No Science

How much does science cost-- and how much does it cost to turn science off?  I know science can be done cheaply.  After all, you're listening to a guy who is building a satellite in his basement, for fun.  Yet while the satellite is paid for, even I&# ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Apr 11 2011 - 5:54pm