Science & Society

Can a machine taste coffee? Scientists have been working on it for decades. Researchers in Switzerland published a study on their coffee-tasting machine is scheduled for the March 1 issue of…

The February issue of Geotimes takes a look at the complicated issues surrounding Iraq’s oil exploration and production. Though oil prices have doubled and Iraq boasts the largest untapped oil…

Collaboration is a requirement for the advancement of modern science. Researchers cannot be expert at everything and must specialize to make a unique contribution. But if coordinating research…

Michael Barton has posted a brief essay on Open Notebook Science on his research web site: As you might expect from the name, Open Notebook Science (ONS) has similarities with Open Source Software.…

There was a time when you had to be rich to be fat. Now you have to be rich to stay thin, says a new study. Researchers led by Jennifer L. Black at New York University critically reviewed ninety…

Over 70 percent of high school teachers are female and girls in high school take as many math courses as boys, yet it's believed female interest in math and science still wanes considerably in high…

Continued from Part 5: I interviewed Gary Taubes by phone a few weeks ago, shortly after he gave a talk about the main ideas of his new book — Good Calories, Bad Calories — at UC Berkeley. The…

Honestly, did you even known there was a Department of Pedagogy anywhere? Well, there is. They teach about the science of teaching. And apparently cartoons. Pilar Casares García is a teacher in…

TORONTO, Canada, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Budding young physicists, age 16 and 17, can now apply to attend the 'International Summer School for Young Physicists' (ISSYP) at Perimeter Institute (PI…

Political party affiliation has little bearing on the number of “green” actions people take, a new study by Porter Novelli and George Mason University shows. According to the survey of more than 11,…