Science & Society

Monkey Menstruation On Meth Or The "Biblical Power To Cure" Of The NIH?

Science can't catch a break this week.   A site devoted to ridiculing Democrats is faux outraged that the NIH funded $3.6 million to study the menstruation cycles of rhesus monkeys on any number of addictive drugs.     ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 10 2011 - 8:18pm

Germany Abolishes Itself

Germany shortens school ("turbo abi") and abolishes mandatory military training at the same time! This year, those that otherwise would have marched to the shooting range instead squeeze in between the seats taken by immigrants and the standing ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jan 17 2016 - 9:51pm

Is It Still Sexism If No One Notices?

If you're in an older generation and a female calls another female "dude", it may seem strange to you.  It happens all of the time and should be a sign that sexism is less today but a recent study from Psychology of Women Quarterly says s ub ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2011 - 12:04pm

Squid Sneaks Into Newsletter

A while back I mentioned a project that was keeping me away from the blog... well, it's done now! I was hired by the director of Hopkins Marine Station, where I did my PhD, to write their annual newsletter. It took my relationship with Illustrator to ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Jun 15 2011 - 11:26am

Should Greenpeace Be Writing IPCC Reports?

For climate scientists to make positive inroads in policy regarding a problem we know is only going to get worse- pollution and climate change- they need to police the actions of a few in their circle, most notably the very loud. The Intergovernmental Pane ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 26 2012 - 6:43pm

Many Futures For Science Writing

I see a lot of talk on 'the future of science journalism'-- or science writing, or science funding, or science careers.  I'm guilty of contributing to it myself, but the 'future of' debates miss one point.  There isn't a singl ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jun 17 2011 - 8:07am

Singularity Nothing Unusual Except

This is the extended abstract of an article you cannot read anywhere, which ensures that one can later claim “nobody could have possibly foreseen as the relevant literature clearly shows …” (here more on why).  The article clarifies the singularity concep ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Nov 10 2013 - 3:53pm

Sexting- Why Do Women Do It More?

Sexting, where people send photographs and sexually explicit text messages to titillate them  and perhaps increase the likelihood of a sexual relationship,  is a fairly new phenomenon. The Internet has made the act of infidelity much easier and though sex ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2011 - 11:11am

Marketing for Scientists

Marc Kuchner built the Facebook group ' Marketing for Scientists ' to help drag the usually reticent science population into this century's culture of social media and the rise of the individual.  Now out for pre-order is his book, "Mar ...

Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jun 24 2011 - 8:56pm

Respectfully drawing your attention to...

How could I miss it- and you did too. A very comprehensive article on standardization as a way to reduce environmental pollution has appeared here, and has almost gone unnoticed. I think it is worth reading, if only to acknowledge the existence of this iss ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Jun 26 2011 - 4:16pm