Science & Society

Medicaid May Be Why So Many Mentally Ill People Are In Prison

In the 1800s, mentally ill people were in jail. Then they were put in more humane mental hospitals. But then mental hospitals got vilified in mainstream news stories and horror movies and they were closed and now mentally ill people are back in jails, 10 ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 30 2014 - 5:30am

The Great War Began 100 Years Ago Today: Here's History That Gets Ignored

The history of World War I- since there was no II then, it was simply The Great War- is well-known. Volumes have been written about why European monarchs, related to each other, nonetheless rolled "the iron dice" and sent millions of young men to ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2014 - 4:34pm

Big Data

Nothing boosts the prospects of page hits on a blog – or funding of a grant proposal – like the phrase “big data.” Why are we enamored with “big data”? ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Aug 2 2014 - 10:18am

Do GMO Crops Foster Monocultures?

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Article - Steve Savage - Aug 7 2014 - 3:26pm

California Diary: Excerpts From The Era Of The Great Blue Fog

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Article - Greg Critser - Aug 11 2014 - 9:43am

Dismal Science: How Useful Is Economics And How Is Economics Useful?

In the 1950s and '60s, economics in America really had a heyday. Tinkering is easy when the economy is good. By the 1970s, it was realized that economics truly was, as historian Thomas Carlyle labeled it in the 19th century, a "dismal science&qu ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2014 - 10:08am

Sixteen days in to my Kickstarter, $55 for science, discounted publishing fees, and a modified project.

14 days are left in my kickstarter and I have $55 in  pledges as of this writing.  However, I have discounts from the publishers.  This kickstarter may have influenced the prospective publishers of my papers to give me about $1000 in discounts. ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Aug 19 2014 - 8:37pm

In China, These Men Face A Wage Gap Women Don't

In China, there is no wage disparity for one classification of women but there is pay inequality among similarly classed men, according to a sociology presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association which analyzed economic disp ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2014 - 11:00am

Militarized Policing Is Not The Answer To Ferguson’s Problems

By Chris Cocking, University of Brighton The town of Ferguson, Missouri has now seen ten days of almost nightly disorder following the shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by the police. The decision to bring in the National Guard has not quelled the ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 19 2014 - 7:00pm

Would Open Science Solve Bottlenecks In Developing Biopharmaceutical Products?

Due to increased regulations, a culture war against pharmaceutical corporations, and the high costs of trials, companies have increasingly allowed early taxpayer-funded biomedical research to spread the risk among hundreds of millions of people. The pace ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 11:00am