Science & Society

Christmas Truce 1914- The Germans Made The First Move

World War One Christmas Truce Commemoration match – but it's debated whether the original ever happened. Mike Egerton/PA Wire By William Keylor, Boston University ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 24 2014 - 9:00am

Beyond GDP: Replace Prosperity With Happiness

Smile, though your heart is aching. Morgan, CC BY By Annie Austin, University of Manchester ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 23 2014 - 1:45pm

A College Degree Still Earns More Than A High School Diploma- If Grads Can Find A Good Job

The cost of a degree just keeps rising. Is it still worth it? Shutterstock By Robert Reich, University of California, Berkeley The early admissions deadlines for universities across the country have come and gone, and acceptance letters are on their way. ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 26 2014 - 9:00am

How To Make Green Building Certifications Meaningful

There are lots and lots of claims about quality- seals of approval are common in lots of businesses, but in the 'sustainable' real estate industry they are frequently touted – and inherently meaningless due to a lack of transparency (see LEED pr ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 29 2014 - 9:30am

Will China Dominate The Wine Industry Too?

A woman sniffs a glass of wine during a tasting event in Beijing. Reuters By Pierre Ly, Puget Sound University and Cynthia Howson, University of Washington China’s wine industry has exploded in recent years, with the number of wineries more than doubling ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 25 2014 - 6:03pm

Selfies And Funerals: Welcome To A Grave New World

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Article - The Conversation - Dec 27 2014 - 2:30pm

Donut, Cake And Cookie Purchases Declined 24 Percent Since 2005

Ready-to-eat desserts such as cakes, cookies, pies, doughnuts, and pastries add a significant amount of energy, sugar, and saturated fat to Americans' diets, making them a strategic target for cultural pundits and the scholars who arm them with epide ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2015 - 9:00am

6 Science Stories For 2014

2014: the year crystallography went mainstream. CSIRO, CC BY-SA By Mark Lorch, University of Hull ’Tis the season for listicles rounding up the stories of the year. So with, the authority vested in me, here is a selection of six top, bottom and forgotten ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 31 2014 - 8:30am

Thermodynamics and Snow

I think it's time for a little snow- C.P.Snow, that is.   Charles Percy Snow was an English physical chemist, novelist and civil servant. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Technology from 1964 to 1966.  He presented the 1959 Rede Lectu ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 5 2015 - 12:04pm

Latin American Work Visas Get Approved Less Often

The political football of illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central America is well-known but a new study has found that even immigrants with job offers are less likely to have those immigration requests granted- if they are from Latin America, ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 11 2015 - 12:32pm