Science & Society

Sustainability Won’t Make The World More Fair

The world’s governments are preparing to finalize the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations in September 2015. It is set to be a major international event, and the goals will be ushered in with tremendous fanfare; they are widely regarded as ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 26 2015 - 7:00am

Environmental Working Group, Gary Hirshberg And Organic Activists- All The Influence Money Can Buy

My husband is used to hearing snark about being a lobbyist. As the owner of a lobbying firm in Chicago, he takes most derogatory comments about his profession in stride. So imagine my surprise when he became outraged reading aloud a boilerplate descriptio ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - Aug 27 2015 - 7:30am

Blade Runner: The Science In The Fiction

Science – or strange permutations of it at least – is everywhere in the cinema. At any one time on movie screens around the world, humans are being threatened by lethal viruses, cured from terminal illness by miracle elixirs, rendered superhuman with bion ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 31 2015 - 9:59am

Science: Public/Private Partnership Under Attack

A scientist named Kevin Folta at the University of Florida  has been one of a broader group of public researchers who have come under  hostile, Freedom Of Information Act scrutiny  with the goal of demonstrating “ties to industry.”  ...

Article - Steve Savage - Sep 3 2015 - 1:29pm

Poor Women Twice As Likely To Develop Clinical Anxiety As Poor Men

Women living in poor areas in the UK are almost twice as likely to develop clinical anxiety as women in richer areas. However, whether men lived in poorer or richer areas made no difference to their levels of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). These are ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 7 2015 - 12:30pm

Aspartame: Believe Science, Or A Homeopath Like Joe Mercola?

I’ll be honest, I like Equal. If I had my way, my morning would consist of a kiss from my wife and a cup of Double Black Diamond Extra Bold coffee with a packet of Equal and a little bit of French Vanilla creamer thrown in. Super bold coffee with sweetnes ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 10 2018 - 11:32am

Budtender, Can I Get Another? Marijuana Bars Are The New Wedding Craze

It was inevitable. The “Look at me! I can smoke pot legally!” generation has traded in the toast for the toke. Instead of “tying the knot,” they are now “trying the pot.” Want the new couple to kiss? Forget about clinking your glass. Just inhale some gas. ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Sep 8 2015 - 7:30am

Yes, you can be a professor! It just won’t look like it did for a previous generation.

Yes you too can be a college professor just as long as you let go of the archaic idea that the only legitimate way to be a professor is to be tenured and have no other enterprises or income.    The day of the professor who does nothing but research and te ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 28 2015 - 12:42pm

FOIA Attacks Get Personal

I had just completed a 10 kilometer run with a local running club, as I try to do every Labor Day. Every year I get a little bit slower, a price I’m happy to pay for being lucky enough to be able to run another year! At 10:30 am I sat down on my day off t ...

Article - Alison Van Eenennaam - Sep 10 2015 - 5:03pm

Surgeons Take A Scalpel To Their Own Toxic Culture

An independent report commissioned by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) released yesterday has found bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination are commonplace in the culture of surgeons. Apologizing and committing to genuine action to ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 11 2015 - 7:30am