Science & Society

Jennifer Laude HER identity is lost in translation. Western media outlets are re victimizing her.

Lazy literal translations are no excuse for insensitivity. Bakla may translate as gay and the Philippine culture may respect transwomen in a different manner than we do in the US but the US and EU media ought not call Jennifer Laude,  Jeffery or He even if ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 16 2014 - 7:02am

Pope Sets Off A 'Gay Earthquake'? No, The Church Has Hardly Moved

The extraordinary synod of bishops on family is meeting for two weeks at the Vatican. Credit: EPA/L'Osservatore Romano By Timothy Jones, La Trobe University ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 15 2014 - 10:01pm

Should First Responders Use Acupuncture And Hypnosis During Disasters?

When most people think of first responders, they think of paramedics or combat medics or other medically-trained personnel doing CPR and other life-saving procedures in stressful situations. They do not think of acupuncture.   A review article in Medical A ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2014 - 3:55pm

#GAMERGATE Style Harassment Does Not Happen in the Male Dominated Sciences

The Sciences occur in actual colleges with codes of discipline, more importantly a "college" of people known in each field keeps the peace and diffuses most situations  remotely similar to   #Gamergate.   ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 14 2015 - 10:53pm

Science Left Behind: The Anti-Vaccine Update Update

Last week I did an update on the anti-vaccine situation in America compared to 2012, when my book, Science Left Behind, was published. I noted that things have gotten better, primarily because people on the left have turned on those people on the left who ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 20 2014 - 5:53pm

Egg Donors: Do Parents Prefer Beauty, Brains Or Health?

Sperm donation for fertility issues has been common for some time and ovum donation has become increasingly accepted by women as well. That leads to sociological questions about selection; everyone says they will love their kids no matter what, but given a ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 21 2014 - 9:46am

Egg-Freezing: A Perk Too Far From Facebook And Apple?

Too much to ask. wavebreakmedia / shutterstock By James Hayton, University of Warwick ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 21 2014 - 4:30pm

What Americans Fear Most Isn't Ebola Or Terrorism, It's...

What makes Americans afraid is the topic of the first comprehensive nationwide study by Chapman University. According to the Chapman poll, the number one fear in America today is not Muslim terrorists or Russian imperialism or Ebola, it's...walking a ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 21 2014 - 3:29pm

In Defense Of NIMBY-ism

It's easy to sneer at people for protecting their backyards, but what if there's a compelling reason to do so? Mickey DeRham photos, CC BY-NC By Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. The term NIMBY – “not in m ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 22 2014 - 12:11am

Competition, Not Mandates And Subsidies, Keep Health-Care Costs Low- Study

America has a health care problem. It is excellent, the best in the world, but it is expensive. Rather than solving the problems of defensive medicine costs, designed to prevent lawsuits by conducting unnecessary tests, or tort reform to prevent lawyers f ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2014 - 6:30am