Science & Society

Gender-Blind Recruitment Process Leads To More Men Being Hired

It's been shown that there is no hiring deficit for women in science; women have been hired far more than men for new jobs. Yet women's groups have continued to point to total numbers as the problem, as if to say older men who have been supportiv ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2017 - 9:59pm

Flacking For The Organic Industry: Paul Thacker

A bizarre diatribe published by the hard-left political fanzine Progressive.org came across my desk today. I even got a mention. I don't delve into politics much, I am a registered Independent and I voted for Clinton in the 2016 election, those are al ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 29 2019 - 3:17pm

Membership Associations Breed Future Leaders

Shrinking travel budgets and the availability of online training have conspired against today's professional associations, the typical first-victims of operational austerity.  Public institutions eager to appease their elected leaders are especially q ...

Article - John M. Collins - Aug 14 2017 - 9:17pm

We are living in an Information Society

In recent years, we have access to a wealth of information thanks to advances in Information and Communication Technology. However, as will be discussed below, the increase of information does not imply more knowledge.   As dictionary.com tells us that kn ...

Blog Post - Raul Isea - Aug 10 2017 - 12:22pm

Tense Situation On North Korea- Not Like Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis However

With all the tense situation about North Korea, I thought I should do a new post about the situation there. I'm doing this as part of my "Doomsday Debunked" articles I do to help people who are often very scared that the world will end in o ...

Article - Robert Walker - Aug 12 2017 - 11:56am

American Workers Have It Good, But Find Plenty To Complain About On Surveys

Survey results show that workers believe the American workplace is physically and emotionally taxing, and they don't like the social environment. Since we are only now recovering from an economic malaise, they also worry about unstable work schedules. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2017 - 6:04pm

Why The Solar Eclipse This August Is A Wonder Of Nature And Not Something To Be Scared Of

This is another of my "Doomsday Debunking" articles, using science and astronomy to debunk some of the crazy modern myths about the end of the world.  This time it's the idea that the eclipse of the sun on 21st August in the US is a "s ...

Article - Robert Walker - Dec 11 2018 - 9:45pm

BLAST Stone Mountain. If we don't in 10,000 AD those carvings will be our "wonder".

Carvings in the stone of mountains are what a civilization does for it's more revered leaders and heroes.   This is because stone monuments, in particular carvings in rock faces can last for tens of thousands of years. Along with Mount Rushmore in Sou ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Aug 17 2017 - 10:36pm

Hurricane Harvey And The Risk To Criminal Evidence

The story that won't be told in the wake of Harvey's wrath is the incredible risk to the thousands upon thousands of items of physical evidence being stored in police departments and crime laboratories throughout Texas- especially in Houston.  An ...

Article - John M. Collins - Sep 3 2017 - 6:45pm

Hurricane Information Updates

Hurricane Information Updates A site which has been providing potentially life-saving updates about the hurricanes, Neven Curlin's Arctic Sea Ice Forum appears to have been hacked.  If so, it is an act of an evil mind.  The hack may cost lives. [edit] ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 8 2017 - 10:17am