Science & Society

Science Graduates Are Not Good At Math – But Why?

Credit: Flickr/Steve Jurvetson, CC BY By Kelly E Matthews, The University of Queensland Research suggests science graduates are struggling with essential quantitative skills and science degree programs are to blame. Quantitative skills are the bread and b ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 29 2014 - 6:30pm

Women Scientists Get Vocal About Top Billing On Twitter

Women ask why there aren't more women in lists of top scientists. Credit: Katrina Cole, CC BY-NC By Victoria Metcalf, Lincoln University, New Zealand A steady infiltration of scientists onto Twitter has accompanied the growing recognition that a soci ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 30 2014 - 6:30pm

Drug Addicts Or Mentally Ill? Who The Public Feels Most Negative About

Mental illness has been under a lot of criticism in the last few years. The public feels like the psychology field over-medicates people based on subjective symptoms and recent high-profile violent acts all involved people on psychiatric medications. But ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2014 - 10:30am

The End Of Aggressive Health Care, And Hospitals With Lower Failure-To-Rescue Rates

In modern times, doctors in medical school and residency are steeped in a 'teach to the protocol' environment, mandated by the government and the threat of lawsuits if bold efforts don't work. With the gradual takeover of health care by gov ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2014 - 11:01am

How Myths And Tabloids Feed On Anomalies In Science

The need for caution when any anomaly is revealed in new research. Credit: Flickr/ Adam Gerard, CC BY-NC-SA By Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH: What do we actually mean by research and how does it help inform our understandin ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 1 2014 - 4:48pm

10 Mistakes We All Make When Interpreting Research

Oh no – not that mistake again. Credit: Flickr/Alex Proimos, CC BY-NC By Will J Grant, Australian National University and Rod Lamberts, Australian National University ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 2 2014 - 8:27pm

What Do World University Rankings Actually Mean?

In third place, Oxford University is the top UK institution in the World University Rankings 2014-15. Image:  Andrew Matthews/PA Archive By Steven C. Ward, Western Connecticut State University From the “best beaches” to the “best slice of pizza” to the be ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 3 2014 - 7:00am

As Majority Status Declines, Whites Will Have Less Support For Diversity, Say Psychologists

UCLA psychologists using a scale of responses to scenarios are saying that white Americans may view diversity and multiculturalism negatively as the U.S. moves toward becoming a minority-majority nation. The psychologists divided 98 white Americans from a ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 3 2014 - 5:00pm

Is Biomedical Research Not As Good As Previous Generations?

Dr. Steve McKnight is President of the American Society For Biochemistry And Molecular Biology and chairman of the biochemistry department at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He has probably also made a few enemies among young ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 7 2014 - 6:00am

How To Plan For A Better Death

We all have the legal right to refuse health care. Credit: Warren Goldswain By Margaret Brown, University of South Australia Have you thought about how you would want to be treated if you cannot make your own decisions? ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 7 2014 - 12:30pm