Science & Society

Survey: Majority Believe It Necessary For Government To Cut Freedom To Stop Terrorism

A majority of Americans, 54 percent, say it can be necessary for the government to sacrifice freedoms to fight terrorism. About 50 percent of Americans think it is acceptable to allow warrantless government analysis of Internet activities and communicatio ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 30 2015 - 2:53pm

Science 2.0 Top 5 Articles Of 2015

In choosing the top articles of any year, there are always a few knobs to turn. A top article traffic-wise, for example, could be one from a prior year, since we have articles with millions of readers, and since we carry some press release stuff it could b ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 31 2015 - 1:05pm

Gender Gap Lower In Western Nations But Self-Esteem Issue Caused By It Is Greater

People tend to gain in self-esteem as they grow older but in Western industrialized  nations the self-esteem gender gap is more pronounced- though the actual gender gap in all ways is lower in those same nations. At least on surveys. Social psychologists ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2016 - 11:30am

Poor Transparency, Journalism Jeopardize Reproducibility Of Science

The biomedical sciences rarely provide full protocol, data, and necessary level of transparency to verify or replicate studies, according to an analysis of papers published between 2000 and 2014 to determine the extent researchers report key information n ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2016 - 3:33pm

Happy Patients: Half Of Doctors Provide Unnecessary Referrals Upon Request

In 2009, there was concern that American health care costs were too high. Since the advent of the Affordable Care Act, there is now concern that costs are really too high, only it is not rich doctors and insurance companies being vilified, it is defensive ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2016 - 8:00am

Sexual Harassment: The three sins of Christian Ott.

While dating in the workplace is not inherently bad and cannot be effectively forbidden there are certain rules that go with that.  Don’t date subordinates, if you do find them a new supervisor, if you end it don’t also end their employment/threaten their ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 18 2016 - 2:36pm

Legal Immigrants Are Vital To US Science And Engineering Workforce

In the 1990s, and more recently during the Obama administration, there has been a wave of protectionism about United States technology and science jobs, with calls to cut visas for foreign-born workers. It's a modern demonization of Asiatics, minus t ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2016 - 3:30pm

UK's Political Center Is Left

In America it seems that Democrats are gaining ground and that therefore the culture is moving to the left. It's actually much different, Democrats have actually moved to the right. President Obama came into office campaigning against two wars but wi ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2016 - 11:56am

Altruism During The Ebola Outbreak: Good Intentions Mirror Level Of Personal Risk

A study of risk communication as it relates to altruistic behavior has found that portraying an event as a distant risk, despite highlighting its importance and potential progression, fails to prompt altruistic behavior intention among the U.S. public. Th ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2016 - 9:04am

How To Avoid Bad Science Writing

Amid the many calls for scientists to engage with the general public, there are some who feel that scientists ought to remain aloof and disconnected from the broader public. They believe academics shouldn’t even attempt to communicate their research to co ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 15 2016 - 7:30am