Science & Society

Lower Pitcher's Mound Will Reduce Baseball Injuries- Study

In baseball's golden age, pitchers had a higher mound and threw more complete games but careers were shorter. As salaries continue to rise there is greater concern about protecting the investments. A new study involving several Major League Baseball p ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 30 2010 - 8:42pm

HIV Vaccine Funding: 'Enough Is Enough,' Says Largest US AIDS Group

WASHINGTON, March 23 /PRNewswire/-- In a Baltimore Sun opinion piece today (1), AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) called for the suspension of costly HIV vaccine research funding and the re-allocation of resources into effective, proven HIV/AIDS prevention ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 23 2008 - 7:28pm

What UK Women Really Want

LONDON, March 28 /PRNewswire/-- It's fair to say that UK women now have more choice than ever when it comes facial anti-ageing solutions. From innovative cosmetic surgery procedures to topical so called 'cosmeceuticals' and sophisticated sk ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 28 2008 - 9:47am

Nanometer Needles, Your Next Storage Solution And The Math Of Sandboxes

The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research has a couple of interesting things in the works, the first being next generation media storage. Dutch researcher Alexander le Fèbre has demonstrated that a field-emission current signal can be used to ar ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2008 - 2:33pm

Spending Will Make You Happier, But Not The Way You Might Think

Common sense says that we are happier when we get more money to spend on ourselves. At least, that’s what passes for commonsense in modern capitalistic societies, from the United States to China.  Indeed, when Elizabeth Dunn and colleagues at the Universi ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Apr 2 2008 - 5:29pm

Waning Science Journalism and Web 2.0

What ecological niche does a site like this occupy in the world of science journalism? Nature this week has an editorial ("Critical Journalism", subscription required) about the fact that coverage of science and technology news has declined in pr ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 23 2010 - 12:07am

Notes on World Autism day and Budget Cuts at Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories

  Well I know that not everyone's computer can do Youtube (especially if it is older or uses a less common OS). So Here I write the gist of what I said. World Autism Awareness day was April 2 nd 2008 as designated by the United Nations. Which was a g ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Apr 4 2008 - 12:41pm

Are You A Married Man? Then You Are Basically A Huge Housekeeping Time Sink For Your Wife

Having a husband creates an extra seven hours a week of housework for women, according to a University of Michigan study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families. For men, the picture is very different: A wife saves men from about an hour of ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2008 - 4:11pm

Bioengineered Bone For Facial Reconstructive Surgery

Current strategies for jaw reconstruction require multiple procedures, first to repair the bone defect to offer sufficient support, and then to place the tooth implant. The entire procedure can be painful and time-consuming, and the desired esthetic and fu ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2008 - 7:40pm

Medicare: $8.8 Billion Cost And Over 238,000 Potentially Preventable Deaths From Medical Errors

Patient safety incidents cost the federal Medicare program $8.8 billion and resulted in 238,337 potentially preventable deaths during 2004 through 2006, according to HealthGrades' fifth annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study. HealthGrades&# ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2008 - 12:47am