Science & Society

Female plastic surgeons need more equitable representation in leadership roles, according to an op-ed in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. "Women bring unique qualities to leadership, yet there remain barriers to gender equality," according to ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2016 - 9:32am

Does Labor Day Matter When Only 62 Percent Of The Labor Force Is Participating?

We see all of the rosy claims coming from the Federal government about unemployment rates yet around us we see no one can buy a home, young people have resigned themselves to living with their parents, and the deficit this year has climbed at a rate that i ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 1 2016 - 2:53pm

Welcome to Chemophobifornia; don't drink golden water

California, chemaphobia, and the 'Erin Brockovich chemical' (Chromium-6) Chromium 6 found in elementary school's drinking water On March 11, 2016, Coyote Valley Elementary School near Middletown, California (north of San Francisco), started ...

Blog Post - Norm Benson - Sep 24 2016 - 10:04am

Free Speech in Bestest Year Ever: The Desperate 2016 Shutdown Breaks Dam

Usually the arXiv does time wasting nasty things like delay and then re-categorize articles with inconvenient truths into unsuitable categories where nobody of the target audience will find it and the usual audience is not interested. This however is 2016, ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Sep 8 2016 - 9:43pm

Being Gay May Help Politicians

Experts often advise even openly gay and lesbian candidates to downplay their sexual orientation or risk losing votes, but David Niven, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati, claimed at the annual meeting of the Ameri ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 12 2016 - 5:49pm

Bereavement Customs Sociology Mostly Focuses On WASPs

Humanities scholars mostly focus on the bereavement customs of White, Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs) whereas Catholics, the overwhelming majority of Latinos, are overlooked in their unique funeral customs, which sometimes include overnight wakes and pres ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 3 2016 - 7:00am

Third Non-Browning Arctic Apple Approved By USDA

The third non-browning Arctic apple variety- yes, using science- the Arctic Fuji, has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS). Science has shown they are the same as conventional apples, ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 23 2016 - 3:55pm

Is Corbyn Right About The Bomb?- Op Ed

Jeremy Corbyn has recently been re-elected to leader of the labour party in the UK with an even stronger mandate than before of 62% of the vote, as many of you will know. This opens up the possibility of a future prime minister of the UK who has said that ...

Article - Robert Walker - Feb 2 2019 - 4:38am

Grim New World?

Are we heading for a Grim New World? It looks like it, from two short articles that I have recently read. One, from today, is Why I am publishing all my texts, emails and messages to the internet in real time. The author, Mark Farid, writes: ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Sep 28 2016 - 6:43am

EPA Again Delays Report On Safety Of Glyphosate

The Environmental Protection Agency appears to be punting a final decision on the safety of a controversial weedkiller into the next administration. Since 2009, the agency has been conducting a registration review of glyphosate- one of the world most wide ...

Article - Julie Kelly - Oct 20 2016 - 10:10am