Science & Society

Not Just The US: Why Most Countries Like Partisan Media

Media has always been partisan but when it was only partisan one way, that was the norm. It was considered objective and impartial. In the US, there were social conservative Democrats who believed in national defense and liberal Republicans who supported ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2014 - 1:30am

New York City Smog Linked To Future Earnings In Kids

Would reducing smog lead to higher earnings? Yes, say Columbia University professor of Environmental Health Science Frederica Perera  and colleagues. They correlate reduced air pollution to higher IQ. When two curves need to match to create causation and ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2014 - 8:41am

Spice: The Preferred Illicit Drug Of Army Users

States can pass all of the laws they want but a US Army soldier, active duty or otherwise, is going to be in serious trouble if there is evidence they have used marijuana. It does not matter if you claim to have pain or get a note from your doctor, the Ar ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2014 - 9:32am

Hurricane Katrina Blamed For Increases In Stillbirths

Can hurricanes cause stillbirths to rise sharply or is it epidemiologists torturing data until it confesses again?  A paper in the Journal of Epidemiology&Community Health says that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are responsible for up to half of all rec ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2014 - 8:47am

European Obesity Prevalence By 2030- Ireland Will Be Worst, Romania Will Be Healthiest

A statistical modeling paper has projected rates of obesity and overweight status in both male and female Europeans for 2030 and found that, when it comes to being fat, not all 53 Euro-region countries are equal. The statistical model incorporated all ava ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2014 - 11:30am

Open Science Needs To Be More Than A Buzzword Term

What percentage of plants in the world are woody? ...

Article - News Staff - May 12 2014 - 1:38pm

Few Adverse Effects In Male Circumcision

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Article - News Staff - May 12 2014 - 10:43pm

Screening For Domestic Violence Doesn't Do Much

Though numbers are difficult to estimate, advocates believe one in three women around the world have experienced physical or sexual violence from a partner. It's difficult to be sure so a few countries, notably the United States, have introduced scre ...

Article - News Staff - May 12 2014 - 10:36pm

Can Forensic Science Be Saved?

In 2009, a report on the state of forensic science by the National Academy of Sciences noted the lack of sound science in the analysis of evidence in criminal cases across the country. You wouldn't know it from television shows, but even the most com ...

Article - News Staff - May 14 2014 - 12:35pm

Women Underrepresented In Biomedical Research

Two decades ago, the inclusion of women in biomedical research was mandated by law but sex-specific research is still not the norm. As a result, many women receive recommendations from their doctors for prevention strategies, diagnostic tests and medical t ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2014 - 3:30pm