Science & Society

Media Influences Occupations- Here Is How Perceptions Of Jobs Changed Over Time

"All The President's Men" inspired young people to rush to journalism while "Mad Men" caused enrollment in advertising courses to surge and "Top Gun led to more Navy recruits. Film and television shapes young minds and markete ...

Article - News Staff - May 18 2022 - 2:15pm

Local Newspapers Can Be The New College Papers For Students

Local news outlets across the U.S. are struggling to bring in advertising and subscription revenue, which pays for the reporting, editing and production of their articles. It’s not a new problem, but with fewer and fewer journalism jobs as a result, a gro ...

Article - The Conversation - May 27 2022 - 2:27pm

Sweden Has Gender Equality But Other Discrimination

Sweden is often lauded for its gender equality. The gender gap in unpaid (house)work is narrow. ...

Article - The Conversation - May 31 2022 - 4:50pm

Watch: The Color of Space: A NASA Documentary Showcasing the Stories of Black Astronauts

T he public perception of Black astronauts is best summed up by a line from the TV show "Archer".  That they are so rare they are like unicorns.  The truth is while there have been fewer than our African American share of the population would im ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jun 19 2022 - 1:49pm

Back To The Future Of Science Fiction

Vernians are the true believers who think Jules Verne's books are scientific manuals rather than fantastic stories. To my knowledge, there are few, if any, true Vernians around. Still, there are neo-Vernians today who see Verne's books are scien ...

Article - Quentin R. Skrabec - Jun 24 2022 - 10:11am

Abortion: For 59 Percent Of America Nothing Changes. What About The Rest?

The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has been overturned, which means that the Supreme Court ruled that the right to an abortion is not federally protected by the US Constitution (in the 1973 case, that it couldn't be illegal under the Due Process Clause of ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 27 2022 - 2:37pm

Supply Chain Issues Are Creating A Food America Environmentalists Want- And That's Bad

In the 1960s and '70s, population apocalypse stories were popular. Movies like "Soylent Green" and books like "The Population Bomb" and "Ecoscience" provided dystopian views of the future, where science would fail and gov ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 28 2022 - 1:43pm

Calling BS On Blaire White, One Video On How Sex Change Can Go Bad And Many For Whom It Went Fine

B laire White had an interview with a male to female post op transsexual / transgender who regrets having the operation in part due to complications of having had the operation.  Research has shown the overall satisfaction rate is about 91% with a rate of ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jul 3 2022 - 9:07pm

There's A Gender Pay Gap But It's Smaller In Occupations Dominated By Men

The wage gap between genders has always had some cultural traction but there were also always odd pockets where it was worse- including what you wouldn't have expected. Environmental groups had far more women but the wage gap between what they paid me ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 8 2022 - 1:29pm

Who Is An Idiot? Matt Walsh, Ozone Hole Denier, That's Who.

W ithout bringing up anything else Matt Walsh has talked about lately anyone around his age would know about the banning of CFC’s and the Ozone hole. The banning of CFC’s changed how we cool our houses, and how we apply deodorant or hair products. They we ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jul 20 2022 - 10:10pm