Science & Society

Muslims Are Not Too Culturally Immature For Democracy

When America invaded both Iraq and Afghanistan, critics of President George Bush insisted that Muslim countries were not ready for democracy and he would fail.  Were they right? Does Islam only lend itself to dictatorships? The record in the past hundred ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 6:30pm

Snowplow, Helicopter – Medieval? Parenting Advice For The Ages

Christine de Pisan instructs her son, Jean de Castel, c.1413. Source: Wikimedia Commons By Juanita Feros Ruys, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director of the Medieval and Early Modern Centre at University of Sydney ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 22 2014 - 8:00am

Citizen Scientists As Sentinels: Saving Lives Near The Throat Of Fire

A volunteer group of citizen scientists set up to safeguard communities around the 'Throat of Fire' Tungurahua volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes is saving lives, according to a new paper. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2014 - 8:47am

The Golden Rule: Those Who Have the Gold Make the Rules

According to a paper to be published in Perspectives on Politics, authors Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page claim, “if policymaking is dominated by powerful business organizations and a small number of affluent Americans, then America’s claims to being a ...

Blog Post - Steve Schuler - Aug 22 2014 - 11:39am

When It Comes To Comic Books, Let's Put Literary Criticism Back On The Shelf

Shall I compare thee to a novel? No. Tim McFarlane/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA By David Sweeney, Glasgow School of Art ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 23 2014 - 5:30pm

Media And Energy Coverage: Bias Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Source: IPA By Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, Griffith University It’s tempting to view The Australian’s latest broadside at the ABC as just another salvo fired between our nation’s two biggest media organisations. ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 24 2014 - 6:00pm

American Heart Association Declares War On E-Cigarettes

The American Heart Association has drafted a policy recommendation on the use of e-cigarettes and their impact on tobacco-control efforts and says that because e-cigarettes contain nicotine, they are tobacco products and should be subject to all laws that ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2014 - 10:51am

Counter-Intuitive: Too Many Ethical Companies Is Bad For Society

For 'credence' services such as auto-repair, health care, and legal services, when more service providers care about the customer's well-being, society as whole may actually be worse off.    Why? Because the benefit to the customers for the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2014 - 12:26pm

Why Smoking Shouldn't Give Movies An Automatic R Rating

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Article - Simon Chapman - May 25 2015 - 12:01pm

Married Couples Who Smoke Pot Have Fewer Domestic Violence Incidents

A look at 634 couples found that the more often they smoked marijuana, the less likely they were to engage in domestic violence.   The scholars attempted to clarify inconsistent findings about domestic violence among pot-smoking couples that primarily has ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2014 - 6:30pm