Science & Society

Frankenstein And Life Extension Science

Humans have long been yearning for an immortal life and everlasting youth—to continue living freely without having to confront death. A renowned novel written by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, reveals this desire for immortality. ...

Article - Sang Hun Shin - Jun 9 2013 - 10:30am

Law, Lies And Logic

Law, Lies and Logic The foundations of logical science, and of that part of law which concerns itself with logic rather than rhetoric, were laid by Aristotle, in 350 B.C.E. His analysis of reasoning with demonstrable facts, as against appeals to "rea ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 9 2013 - 6:30pm

Transparent Transparency: Edward Snowden Hero Or To Be Droned?

Edward Joseph Snowden, a 29 year-old systems administrator, the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations and already called biggest scandal of them all, wants transparency; so might I. But is transparency even possible, and what does transpar ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jun 10 2013 - 2:51pm

Book Review- "Social Bonding"

Social Bonding and Nurture Kinship-  Compatibility between Cultural and Biological Approaches. Author – Maximilian Holland Available from Amazon and online at http://maximilianholland.com/ ...

Blog Post - Steve Davis - Jun 11 2013 - 12:24am

If You're One In A Million, You'll Have 11,000 Clones By 2100

A new statistical estimate projects that the world population could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report issued June 13- about 8 percent more than their previous projection of 10.1 billion, issued in 2011 ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2013 - 12:52pm

Pandora's Promise: Director Robert Stone Takes On The Anti-Nuclear Movement

Do you like nuclear weapons? If you respond yes to that, I think you have lost your mind. While I understand the value of an overwhelming force to end a bloody world war, it's also something that can't be unmade.  We had opened "Pandora' ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 17 2013 - 1:19pm

The Malthusian, Dystopian Disaster Fetish

The world really stinks today. We have run out of aluminum, copper, gold, lead, mercury, natural gas, oil, silver, tin, tungsten, and zinc. Oh wait, no we haven't. But if you are an anti-science pessimistic hippie of the 1960s (or today, though their ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 21 2013 - 9:51am

Did 9/11 Make 1,000,000 People Start Smoking Again?

Terrorism-induced smoking is a new explanatory factor that will keep public health academics from accepting that free choice happens- some people will do things that are bad for them.  A Weill Cornell Medical College public health study is stuck in pre-9/ ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2013 - 5:15pm

Even Seattle Yogis Can't Live On Sunshine And Water

What happens if you are a Yogi living in Seattle (or Portland, or San Francisco- wherever progressive pseudoscience crackpots feel welcome and included) who discovers that 'proof' is more complicated than mumbo-jumbo on your mystical website? ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 22 2013 - 10:21am

The Science Of Law

The Science of Law   Scattered throughout the pages of the history of the common law are many references to it being a science.  Science may be called the pursuit of fact by means of well-defined procedures.  Anyone who has ever visited any two courts of ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 24 2013 - 6:59pm