Science & Society

Many people will write columns, fiction, games, et cetera for the joy of doing it.  But that leads me to an important distinction between writing versus publishing.  Writers-- good and bad…

Most conspiracy theories wouldn't gain much traction without unhinged academics: "The most destructive people linked to conspiracy theories and denialism are those with academic appointments - and…

A baffling report says health workers fail to understand the importance of sex for Tanzanian children.   Yes, children. Community health organizations working on AIDS prevention projects in…

That DNA evidence that could exonerate you? You don't have a right to it, says the US Supreme Court. Actually, not being a lawyer or constitutional scholar, I don't know what kinds of evidence you…

Over at the Monkey Cage: Fact: Academicians tend to be politically differentiated according to discipline, with those in the social sciences and humanities on the left, those in the natural sciences…

The University of Leicester’s School of Management wonders if more religious control of banks might have lessened the impact of the global financial crisis. Buying into the notion that a 'sub-…

Girls are gathering online to remake action-oriented Japanese animation videos geared toward males - you know, because males are genetically engineered to like action cartoons with bounty hunter…

When a steep decline in the wool trade prompted an 18th century credit crunch, folks in Yorkshire took up a new (and dangerous) business venture - counterfeiting. In the 18th century, coining was a…

Is Internet expression a fundamental right?   Certainly a subset of the modern generation has  demonstrated an irrational sense of entitlement about free content, to the detriment of media…

I wrote about the opening of the World Science Festival 2009 and Edward O. Wilson's 80th birthday at the Lincoln Center in New York City but he was not the only august personage in attendance.  …