Science & Society

Everyone agrees that interdisciplinary research is a good idea - for someone else. A survey of social and environmental scientists found that limits to career advancement and lack of credit for…

Racial and ethnic communities in the United States prioritize health concerns differently and addressing those concerns in culturally-specific ways may be beneficial, new results from the University…

What happens if you adhere to every process restriction that a corporation that sells its food using the 'organic' label adheres to, but you don't pay the fees to get a government 'certification' and…

If I tell you that adult science literacy has tripled since I was in college, that would seem to be a good thing.  And if I tell you NIH funding has gone up 50% since 2001, that would also be a…

It was announced today that systemwide Academic Senate representing the 10 campuses of the University of California system had passed an “open access” policy. The policy will work like this. Before…

I am making the call: despite all the buzz it is currently getting due to crowdsourced funding for lots of projects, by wading into the anti-technology culture war, I am predicting the demise of…

Humanitarian research at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is geared toward various projects, among them saving millions of children from death and blindness due to Vitamin A…

An international analysis of conservation biologists finds that they work late at night and over weekends - just like much of the salaried corporate world and science writers.  The paper affirms…

Sociologists have challenged the perception that there is a "new and pervasive hookup culture" among contemporary college students that is substantially greater than a generation ago. They used an…

When I think of cheap knock-offs I think of things like a Rolex watch or a Gucci handbag, but apparently knock-off food is a $10-15 billion industry. I don't even mean the faux organic stuff sold as…