Science & Society

Not Just Baby Mozart- All Music Is Good For Kids

The benefits of music education are widely reported. Playing an instrument has been shown to have significant cognitive benefits. Creative thinking, social and emotional intelligence, coordination, memorization and auditory processing are all thought to i ...

Article - The Conversation - May 19 2015 - 8:00am

51 Percent Of Consumers Think An Organic Label Is Just An Excuse To Charge More

Organic products would seem tailor-made for shoppers seeking foods and beverages that are healthier for them, their families and the planet, but a new analysis reveals that most Americans perceive the organic label as nothing more than an excuse to sell p ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2015 - 8:30am

Why Does The Public Worry About GM Foods But Embrace Biotech Medicine?

Can scientists learn from listening to public reaction to the products they develop? And should they? As a philosopher by training (and as a science journalist by profession) I am delving into ethical questions surrounding genetic modification. My reflect ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - May 20 2015 - 7:30am

Dance Festivals And Teenage Drug Use Linked

In recent years, the popularity of "electronic dance music" (EDM) and dance festivals has increased substantially throughout the US and worldwide. Even though data from national samples suggests drug use among adolescents in the general US popul ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2015 - 1:52am

S!!t literally $82,000 below her Pay Grade: Help Grundy Earn Appropriately

An open letter to the office of the president of Boston University  Dear Sirs! ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - May 20 2015 - 2:45am

Even A Well-Respected Political Scientist Doesn't Know When His Own Data Has Been Faked

A paper in Science has been retracted- by the senior author. Because he did not know the data in his paper was fake. Whether that makes political science or the peer review system look worse will be a matter of debate. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 22 2015 - 11:13am

Environmentalism Win: DuPont Pioneer Creates Unemployed People In Kaua'i

DuPont Pioneer, the seed company that sells corn, sorghum, alfalfa, etc. and was considering expanding Kaua'i operations just a few years ago, has decided instead to close its Parent seed operations there. Like with astronomy, seed operations have bee ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 20 2015 - 9:00pm

Cold Weather Kills 20 Times As Many People As Hot Weather

In 2003, while French youth protested American imperialism, 14,000 mostly elderly people were allowed to die in a heat wave. Heat waves kill a lot more people, it is believed, except they don't. Instead, an analysis of  74 million deaths in 384 locat ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2015 - 7:50pm

Early Christian Apocalypse: St. Paul Gave Us Heaven And Hell Many Times Over

Early Christian writers were fond of putting words into other people’s mouths. When the apostle Paul (the theologian formerly known as Saul of Tarsus) wrote to the church in Corinth about a particularly significant religious experience, he informed them t ...

Article - The Conversation - May 24 2015 - 8:00am

EU Grants Submitted And Won: Some Statistics

The European Union has released some data on the latest call for applications for ITN grants. These are "training networks" where academic and non-academic institutions pool up to provide innovative training to doctoral students, in the meanting ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - May 21 2015 - 11:46am