Science & Society

What If's, Defining And Redefining Disability: The Magic Pill Question

It's a natural proclivity to play the what-if game. What if we could go back and change things? What if we could alter some particular trait about ourselves or an event? Would we do it? It's a favorite plot device in fiction. In the disability co ...

Article - Kim Wombles - May 9 2011 - 10:49am

Where did the Stimulus go?

Economists and Obama often wonder why the Stimulus didn't work.  Libertarians and the GOP think they know the answer, though they suffer from intellectual Fundamentalism of the same sort all zealots display, the need for absolute certainty-- a need w ...

Blog Post - Ed Chen - May 9 2011 - 10:01am

Semengate- Is Modern Science Sexist Or Hyper Politically Correct?

What if a study were produced that said there was something fundamental about how women react to men and it was discussed by the head of a medical body and its official publication?   If you are the head of that medical body and the official publication an ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 10 2011 - 10:19am

Nature Magazine's Assault On Investigative Science Journalism

It may surprise you to learn this but Nature (the magazine, not the bitch) is not a fan of yours.  Or ours.  Or anyone not part of their multi-billion dollar publishing conglomerate. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 10 2011 - 2:06pm

Slippery Slope Ranger, Or How I Lost A Day In My Life To Mike Adams

Mike Adams ought to have his library card revoked or limited to the children’s section as he obviously has a serious problem with reading comprehension. He takes Hawking’s  The   Grand Design  and manages to butcher it and the ideas in it so badly that any ...

Article - Kim Wombles - May 17 2011 - 7:51am

3M Corporation- Allegations Of Recklessness Over Trials Of BacLite To Detect MRSA 'Superbug' Infection

The Porton Group, the private equity partner of the British Ministry of Defence, has accused 3M Corporation of "negligence and possible recklessness putting lives at risk" due to "botched" 2007 clinical trials of a medical device calle ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2011 - 2:46pm

Five Rules Of Social Media Etiquette

Digital communications is no longer a free-for-all, it can take you right to courts of law if you use it and people don't like what it tells them about you.   A US court just slashed alimony payments (Cardone v. Cardone, 2011 WL 1566992, Conn.Super. ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2011 - 10:15am

Taming The N-headed Science Troll: Using New Media As A Communication Tool Within The Science And Technology Community.

Anyone who have been working in a multidisciplinary science project knows how hard it is to establish coherent dialogs that make sense and are productive for all participants. Scientists from each discipline tend to form their own 'head' creatin ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - May 21 2011 - 8:26am

Satoshi Kanazawa, racist or reporter of actual human behavior? A quick look at OK Cupids data

Satoshi Kanazawa has caused a firestorm by asserting that African women are less attractive than other races women. For this he has been called racist. He actually didn’t say anything new, or for that matter scientifically incorrect. However politically in ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - May 22 2011 - 10:52pm

Satoshi Kanazawa And The Freefall Of Evolutionary Psychology

Last weekend, Satoshi Kanazawa wrote in Psychology Today that black women are considered less attractive than other women but black men are considered more attractive than other men.   Being a good evolutionary psychologist, he set out to do a 'whatsu ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 20 2011 - 8:04pm