Science & Society

TransAsia GE235 Accident- Taxi, Transmission Lines and FDR details

The TransAsia GE235 Accident- The Taxi, the Transmission Lines and the FDR- some details The skills of the pilots of GE235 have been questioned.  The mere fact that Transasia is requiring its pilots to undergo tests is not proof of pilot error.  It is mos ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 11 2015 - 6:25pm

Men Do Want Commitment...If Women Are Scarce

The gender stereotype is that women want commitment and men want sex- but a study of the Makushi people in Guyana upends that, finding that men more likely to seek long-term relationships. Why? Because women are in short supply so a lack of commitment is ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2015 - 2:18pm

Porn Or Not? Fifty Shades Of Grey Anxiety Was A 17th Century Worry Too

Is Fifty Shades Of Grey porn, or not? © Universal Pictures The imminent release of Fifty Shades of Grey has already provoked widespread protest, although the protesters have not actually seen it. The Guardian recently proclaimed: “This is not a porn film. ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 12 2015 - 9:30pm

Credentialism: Alma Mater Predicts Chances Of Getting A Faculty Job

In a perfect world, job success would be a meritocracy, but academia does not really work that way, it has lots of social justice parameters and guidelines and quotas, both stated and implicit, and so once all that has been factored in, all things being eq ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 16 2015 - 3:40pm

Norwegian Women Accept Inequality, If It's For Family

Norwegian women who choose to have children often say goodbye to their careers. Men, on the other hand, tarry on. Norway has, since the 1800s, come a long way towards a more egalitarian society, but when a child enters the relationship between a woman and ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2015 - 11:32am

Urban Scaling: Bigger Is More Efficient For Cities, Just Like In Ancient Times

Cities may not look like they once looked, but those of ancient times and today had a lot in common when it came to intangibles. Despite notable differences in appearance and governance, ancient human settlements function in much the same way as modern cit ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2015 - 9:38pm

Erith Industrial Unit Fire

Erith Industrial Unit Fire A fire in Erith, U.K. at an industrial unit triggered over 50 emergency calls and was attended by 15 fire appliances and 97 firefighters.  The blaze appears to be at Allied Hygiene, manufacturers of various types of wet wipes.  ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 21 2015 - 4:16am

And The 2015 Science 2.0 Best Science Picture Award Goes To...

It's Academy Awards time, which means the science community is aflame with debates about whether Hollywood elites are racist, sexist, bigoted or not liberal enough...okay, no one in science actually debates any of that the way Hollywood does, but we d ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 22 2015 - 2:55pm

American Sniper Is More Nuanced Than Its Critics Admit

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Article - The Conversation - Feb 22 2015 - 9:00am

Why Do Women Lag In Academic Medicine Leadership Positions?

Though women are 20 percent of full-time faculty in medical schools, they are not rising to senior leadership positions in similar numbers, a situation strikingly different from the corporate world, where women have choices about how high they want to rise ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2015 - 11:12am