Science & Society

New research on the manner in which people reveal their most intimate secrets on national TV talk shows will be presented at the University of Leicester on Wednesday October 22. Professor Ian Hutchby…

If you've been reading this blog via feed, it's time to come pay the home page a visit. Scientific Blogging has received its long-awaited makeover, and the place looks great. And if you're been…

The US Presidential candidates on fostering science and technology innovation: For decades, the United States dominated the technological revolution sweeping the globe. The nation’s science and…

More than four in 10 parents with underweight and overweight children mistakenly believe their children are in the average weight range, according to University of Melbourne research. The study…

As the world’s money markets do their best to combat the 'credit crunch', a University of Sunderland politics lecturer says that the root of modern democracy’s money woes may lay with the first…

Would you ever have thought there could be anyone considered an expert on the political impact of late-night comedy shows on candidates? Us either, but that's the claim. American University says…

I would like to inform you about a website I recently created for scientists to share scientific images: http://www.myartinscience.com MyArtinScience is a site that is designed to accomplish three…

It didn't disappear because it never existed in the first place. If true, and I believe it is, then the hoped for recovery cannot occur because there is nothing to recover! On that somewhat…

Okay, now I'm really upset. I've been watching the news, and hearing all about the financial crisis hitting our country, and spreading throughout the world. AIG begs for a handout, and then goes on a…

Timo Hannay recently gave a talk "Scientific Researchers and Web 2.0: Social Not Working?", which is reproduced in this Nascent blog post. This is a sobering review of the state of social software in…