Science & Society

Why are Women more opposed to Fracking?

A storm has been brewing, over why in Britain women are more opposed to fracking than men.  Whether it is simply a storm in a teacup, or a mighty tornado, time will tell.  Here are three articles in succession, two from the Telegraph: Women ‘don’t understa ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 24 2015 - 11:52am

Ecomodernism Unites Politically Divided Moms

Could Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina find agreement on one of the most contentious issues dividing America's two political parties today-- climate change? Is it possible they could move past the debate about who or what causes climate change and f ...

Article - Julie Kelly - Oct 26 2015 - 7:31am

Negative Citations For Papers- Who Writes Them And Why Distance Makes It More Likely

Citations are a time-honored measure now used to assess scholarly standing and evaluate academic productivity by funding committees that control government research. For that reason, citations that are critical in nature, and point out limitations, incons ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2015 - 4:10pm

A Gender Revolution Has Already Happened- Just The Money Hasn't

Women are more likely than men to have a bachelor's degree and a white-collar job. They are also more likely to earn less than male counterparts, finds a new study spanning two generations in the United States. The scholars analyzed U.S. Census socio ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2015 - 4:34pm

The Looming Public Health Workforce Exit

38 percent of state public health workers plan to leave the public health workforce by 2020 but it isn't just retirement, they want to get out of a health care system that is even more micromanaged and financially motivated that when HMOs and insuran ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 2 2015 - 3:45pm

E-Cigarettes Linked To Problem Drinking

It's no secret that cigarettes and heavy drinking are linked, people who engage in risky behaviors tend to do so in multiple ways, but a link to e-cigarettes, which have no tobacco, is new. A paper in Addictive Behaviors also found that more women th ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 9 2015 - 7:19pm

5 Spooky Scientific Research Papers For Halloween

This year to celebrate Halloween,  Digital Science have compiled their top five spooky scientific research papers. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 31 2018 - 11:25am

Men, Do Some Dishes And Get More Sex

A new survey reveals that couples enjoyed more frequent and satisfying sex for both partners when men made a fair contribution to housework. The same paper also says there's no relationship between the amount of housework male partners completed and ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2015 - 8:17am

How The Ebola Scare Stigmatized African Immigrants In The U.S.

The latest Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa also took its toll socially on one of the fastest growing populations in the United States- African immigrants. Guy-Lucien Whembolua, a University of Cincinnati assistant professor of Africana studies, review ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2015 - 5:30pm

Fossil Fuel Divestment: An Intellectual Placebo For The Wealthy College Near You

“Here’s my bet: the kids are going to win and when they do, it’s going to matter,” prophesized environmentalist Bill McKibben about fossil fuel divestment in 2013. If so, they are going to be led by Quakers, who were among the first to officially say no to ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 10 2015 - 12:32pm