Science & Society

Forget Partisan Politics, Rejecting That $700 Billion Wall Street Bailout Was Smart- Economists

The U.S. House of Representative’s rejection of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout, was a prudent decision, say two University of Arkansas researchers who are closely monitoring the U.S. financial crisis. “Th ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2008 - 9:54pm

'Negational Identity'- Tell Voters Who They Don't Want To Be And You Just Might Win

You've heard the same cliche time and again: candidates will need to 'reach beyond' their respective political bases to appeal to a larger-than-usual body of independent voters. In actuality, there are about five independent voters and the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2008 - 11:12pm

Old to New Green Jobs (4.2 Million)

Old has its own rewards but how about the new? Specifically, 4.2 million new green jobs were predicted by the U.S. Congress of Mayors in their new report.(1) There are now, as I write, about 3,530,000 entries in a search for '4.2 million new green job ...

Blog Post - Hatice Cullingford - Nov 5 2008 - 9:27am

The Nobel Prize in an Age of Collaboration

And the controversy has started already. Two French scientists, Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi are being awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering H.I.V. An American scientist, Robert Gallo, says he was shafted- he has frequently been credited a ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 22 2008 - 10:07pm

Defining Success In Web 2.0 Science

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 science and he lists several roadblocks to it ...

Article - Jean-Claude Bradley - Oct 7 2008 - 11:54am

Mother's Cookies- Crumbles Under the Weight of the Financial Crisis

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 $400K week-long retreat. (I'm not happy. ...

Blog Post - Kimberly Crandell - Oct 22 2008 - 10:04pm

The Science Behind The Perfect Costume: From Homemade Miracles To Storebought Extravagance

Every year at about this time, I start to wonder what I am going to be for Halloween. Despite my best efforts, it usually takes up a large amount of my brainpower until a few days before Halloween, and then I am so excited about my impending costume debut ...

Article - Erin Richards - Oct 31 2008 - 9:40am

Where Did the 8,000,000,000,000 USD Go?

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 disappointing thought, I'm off to photograph what I can ...

Blog Post - ken osborn - Oct 22 2008 - 9:53pm

Can scientific data be art?

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 goals: ...

Blog Post - Amir Give'on - Oct 22 2008 - 9:53pm

There's An Expert On The Political Effects Of Late-Night Comedy- And She Says Tina Fey Hurts McCain's Campaign

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 Lauren Feldman is that expert and in her real job she is ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2008 - 9:09pm