Science & Society

Australian Economist Says Government Healthcare Increases Competition And Lowers Waiting Time

In America, 50% of people are baffled by the notion that the same government responsible for FEMA should be more involved in something as important as health care. Not so in Australia. Professor Jim Butler, Director of the Australian Centre for Economic Re ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2008 - 9:51am

Pharisee Effect- Why Religon Helped Get Sarah Palin A Nomination But She Will Avoid It Now

Last month a Pew Research Institute survey reported a decline in the number of Americans who want churches and other houses of worship involved in political matters. The survey also found that most of the drop in the past four years comes among conservativ ...

Article - News Staff - May 23 2012 - 11:17pm

Australian Women In Temporary Jobs 10X More Likely To Receive Sexual Advances

Women employed in casual and contract jobs are up to ten times more likely to experience unwanted sexual advances than those in permanent full time positions, a University of Melbourne study has found. The research by Associate Professor Anthony LaMontagne ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 10 2008 - 11:31am

It May Be Science Blasphemy, But Magic Can Boost Children's Self Esteem

Adults like to watch Chris Angel or David Blaine because we know the stunts are controlled, but there is always the chance they might off themselves. We get some fun out of figuring out the impossible and it's more challenging than figuring out how to ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2008 - 11:20pm

Depressed Dialysis Patients 2X More Likely To Be Hospitalized Or Die Within One Year

Dialysis patients diagnosed with depression are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or die within a year than those who are not depressed, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found. In the study, available online and in the Sept. 15 issu ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 12 2008 - 11:31am

R.I.P. David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace committed suicide last Friday. The NY Times has an appraisal here. No more novels with inimitable passages like this: Hydrolysis is the metabolic process by which organic cocaine's broken down into benzoylecgonine, methanol, ecgon ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 22 2008 - 10:36pm

Anglican Church Sends Darwin An Apology, Promotes Him On Their Website, In Honor Of His Bicentenary

The only thing I get tired of more than crazy people invoking Galileo as their defense against criticism of whatever bizarre science 'theory' they are foisting on the world are people on the other side who paint legitimate skeptics as 'Holoc ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 22 2008 - 10:36pm

Criminals Who Like Junk Food Beware- Processed Foods Lead To 'Sticky Fingers' Police Can Track

The inventor of a revolutionary new forensic fingerprinting technique claims criminals who eat processed foods are more likely to be discovered by police through their fingerprint sweat corroding metal. Dr John Bond, a researcher at the University of Leice ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2008 - 8:50pm

Ned Yost, The Brewers Are Unlikely To Do Better Without You- Firing Coaches Rarely Works, Says Study

In sports, the old saying goes that you can fire a coach but you can't fire the whole team. This doesn't mean the coach has all the blame but you still do what you can do. Sometimes a coach with the wrong style for the players is clearly a wrong ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2008 - 9:36am

Model 'Financial Contagions' And We May Prevent Economic Meltdowns, Says Researcher

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers: As the dominoes of the financial sector continue to fall at an alarming rate and the Federal Reserve attempts to forestall a systemic meltdown of the domestic financial network, University of Arkan ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2008 - 8:51pm