Science & Society

Tattoo Tributes And Other Virtual Tombstones Take Off

It's the 21st century for honoring the dead too- and among other "virtual tombstones", people are doing things like blending cremated remains into tattoos. "Virtual tombstones" are also being created online, and mourners are displ ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2013 - 5:02pm

Science Education, Where We're Happiest In Despair

In an article I did for USA Today's Friday/weekend edition, I noted the recurring meme that American education is 'abysmal.'  ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 6 2014 - 12:37pm

Apollo Moon Landing Remembered- Along With The Promise Of A Future That Never Happened

The Moon landing in 1969 was the culmination of a decade of event-driven technology and it lent momentum to a generation of belief in the promise of a space-faring future. By 1975, the premise of the television show "Space:1999" had a believable ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 4 2013 - 6:11pm

LHC Group Nobel For The Higgs Could Set Precedent Not Seen Since...2012

Speculation is rampant that the discovery of the Higgs boson will get a Nobel prize. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 9 2013 - 9:30am

James Rothman, Randy Schekman, Thomas Südhof Win Nobel Prize In Medicine

James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Südhof have been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work on how the cell organizes its transport system. Disturbances in the control system for the transport and delivery of cellular molecules contri ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 7 2013 - 10:05am

Bigger Is Better In Health Care: Large Networks Lead To Accountable Care Organizations

The regions of the U.S. that have doctors and hospitals consolidated into large networks are more likely to have accountable care organizations- medical practice structures that seek to improve medical care and reduce costs- according to a new RAND Corpor ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2013 - 10:48am

When It Comes To This Science, The Mid-East Is Ahead Of The US

When you think about science leadership, you don't often think about United Arab Emirates. Dictatorships don't lend themselves to quality basic research but when they put their minds to applied research and development, and a lot of money, good t ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 11 2013 - 11:45pm

Not All Vaccines Are Equal: The Reasons Some Won't Get The HPV One

Girls in minority groups and low-income families, who are claimed to be most at risk for cervical cancer, are less likely to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.  Scholars from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospi ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2013 - 12:54pm

Science Win: Assisted Reproduction Has Resulted In 5 Million Babies

Science has come a long way since 1978, when Louise Joy Brown, the world's first successful 'test-tube baby', was born. Despite claims that these children were somehow going to be less natural, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has instead become ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2013 - 2:14pm

World Food Prize Honors Science Pioneers- Environmentalists Outraged

Food, medicine and energy are three of the most crucial problems we face today- and they are all protested by a common demographic. Science tends to think on the supply side- how to feed more people, how to get energy to everyone, how to save lives- while ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 22 2013 - 1:55pm