Science & Society

SETI @Home Wants You To Help Find E.T.

The longest-running search for radio signals from alien civilizations is getting a burst of new data from an upgraded Arecibo telescope, which means the SETI@home project needs more desktop computers…

Cartoons Stereotype Gender Roles

We haven't come that far, baby. In the 1970's male cartoon characters outnumbered female cartoon characters by a ratio of almost four to one. Research presented at the American Psychological…

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86% Of Companies Want 'Mommy Bloggers' For Influencer Marketing But How Successful Are They?

If you go to Facebook or Twitter, you may find a few scientists or doctors pushing supplements or organic food as cure-alls, maybe even a New York University journalist or two, but for the most part…

Alzheimer's: Nicotinic Receptors As A New Therapeutic Target

Several scientific studies have indicated that nicotine may be beneficial for memory function. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS set out to shed further light on the properties…

Tapanuli: A Third Orangutan Species Exists

Move over, Bornean and the Sumatran orangutans. Scholars have identified a third orangutan species, the Tapanuli orangutan, that sits alongside the Pongo abelii, living on the island of Sumatra, and…

A Different 1 Percent - Americans Who Carry Guns

There is a different kind of 1 percent, and it isn't people who can afford to buy organic food. It's Americans who carry a handgun on a daily basis.