Science & Society

Male Scientists Forsake Careers For Family- Or The Other Way Around

Though perception is that academia is harder on women when it comes to career and families, and they need to adopt a more corporate approach to penalize mothers less, it isn't just women; one third of men in academic science scale back their careers ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2014 - 4:02pm

Usurped By Legend: A Review Of Matthew Gavin Frank’s ‘Preparing The Ghost’

When you read something in a book, do you believe it? You might say, “Of course not if it’s fiction,” but well-researched historical or science fiction can offer plenty of accurate information, entertainingly packaged. Nonfiction, on the other hand, might ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Sep 14 2014 - 10:15am

No books for you! City Colleges of Chicago Students.

Students at the City Colleges of Chicago may have to do without textbooks until as late as mid October.  While the students are as bright as any they need their books, for reference, and a sense of security.  They need reassurance that what they are about ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 18 2014 - 10:42am

Stop The Fines And Blame Games: Let's End The War On Parents

Under siege. Parents in confusion by Dmitry Kalinovsky/ Shutterstock By Dennis Hayes, University of Derby ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 27 2019 - 6:43pm

Unelected Officials: We Don't Need Civic Education, Bureaucrats Do

In the modern era, a great deal of policy decisions are made by people who do not report to the public. If the EPA agrees to settle a lawsuit with canoers by calling water a pollutant, they can just do it, and stick local government with a $500 million li ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2014 - 4:24pm

Open Access for European CERN Scientist in American Physical Society Journals.

It seems that CERN and the American Physical Society APS have struck a deal to make every article published by CERN in certain APS journals  open access.  The announcement I saw read this.  ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 18 2014 - 10:43am

Fracking Blamed For Too Many Hotel Rooms

Five years ago, it was good luck finding a hotel anywhere near the rural areas where natural gas extraction- fracking- was taking place. The boom in natural gas meant a boom in employment and a boom in hotel rooms to keep workers. The wealth boosted Penns ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2014 - 6:00pm

Who Else Is Annoyed At Having To Slow Down For Inactive Road Construction Sites?

We've all been driving and come upon signs warning us that construction is happening and we have to slow down for the safety of workers and that penalties are going to be doubled. We see billboards with children imploring us to reduce speed because t ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2014 - 10:24am

Domestic Violence For Same-Sex Couples Much Higher

A new review of literature suggests that while domestic violence rates are higher for homosexual couples, they aren't as high as previous studies have found, and the authors of the paper say the minority stress model may explain the high prevalence r ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2014 - 1:30pm

'Cli-Fi': Literary Genre Rises To Prominence In The Shadow Of Climate Change

Could novels help us fight climate change? Credit: Asian Development Bank/ flickr By Stephanie LeMenager, University of Oregon A frail risk analyst rediscovers his inner frontiersman in a devastating flood that hits Manhattan; an insightful rural woman gl ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 19 2014 - 3:03pm