Science & Society

Michael Shermer On Stein And “Expelled”

Skeptic Society’s mastermind and author Michael Shermer is about to release a review of the latest nonsense entry in the evolution-creation wars: Ben Stein’s movie entitled “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.” ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jan 27 2009 - 8:03pm

Geert Lovink-‘Internet Governance Is The Perfect 21st Century Battleground’

Open Knowledge, cyber-activism and social uses of technologies are some of the topics that Dutch Media theorist and activist Geert Lovink likes to tackle. He is Associate Professor in the Media & Culture department at the University of Amsterdam and ho ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2008 - 11:07am

The East West Cultural Divide Even Applies To Emotions

You already knew that eastern and western cultures regard many aspects of every day life differently but researchers from Canada, Japan and Amsterdam say that eastern and western cultures even assess situations differently based on the perception of emotio ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2008 - 5:30am

Climate Experts Discuss The Accuracy Of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"

There is no question that Al Gore’s 2006 documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" is a powerful example of how scientific knowledge can be communicated to a lay audience. What continues to be debated is whether it accurately presents the scientific ar ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2008 - 11:10am

How To Win At The Stock Market? No Morning Sex

A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge says that traders with high morning testosterone levels make more than average profits for the rest of that day. This influence of steroids naturally produced in the body (specifically testosterone ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2008 - 5:12pm

A New Life-Sized Wound Model- They Named Him 'George'

According to the Tissue Viability Team at the University of Hertfordshire School of Nursing and Midwifery, around 200,000 peoople in the UK will have a chronic wound, like a pressure ulcer, at any given time. In addition to the pain and suffering caused by ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2008 - 2:32am

Micro-Sensor And Micro-Refrigerator On A Micro-Chip

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined a cryogenic sensor and a microrefrigerator on a single microchip. They combined a transition-edge sensor (TES)(1), a superconducting thin film that identifies X-ray sign ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2008 - 11:32pm

No Student, Teenage Or Otherwise, Caused NASA To Change Any Calculations

Internet sites love to pounce on the latest ridiculous story, the more outrageous the better. The silliest thing this week propagated by press release aggregators and people who don't check facts was that there was a 1 in 450 chance that the Apophis a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 18 2008 - 1:10am

In Praise Of Consumerism- It Appeals To The Thoreau In You

There's a rule of science we normally overlook. That rule? Challenge your assumptions. See what you can derive from a new point of view. Buck the normal. Today, it is normal to hate consumerism. It's normal to loathe what consumerism has done to ...

Article - Howard Bloom - Oct 19 2010 - 12:52pm

Earth Day- Fabulous Fashionistas Save The Oceans Without Breaking A Sweat

Not that these women sweat anyway. "Horses Sweat, Men Perspire And Ladies Glow," my mother always told me. But you get the idea. A group of fashion conscious women is making a difference this Earth Day- by looking fabulous! Okay, as a man in his ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 22 2008 - 10:21am