Science & Society

Which Was First, Religion To Help With Self Control Or Self Control Codified As Religion

Religious people have more self-control than non-religious counterparts, says a study by University of Miami professor of Psychology Michael McCullough and he says this is why religious people may be better at pursuing and achieving long-term goals and al ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 30 2008 - 11:28am

Antibiotic Advocates Fight Back- It's Preventing A Lot Of Deaths, They Say

Antibiotics may be overprescribed in kids because of concern by helicopter parents and worries about malpractice lawsuits, but in at least one instance they are saving a lot of lives- as a preventive measure to patients in intensive care units (ICUs). This ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 31 2008 - 6:05pm

Periodic Table meets wine

The periodic table goes well with many things, including, apparently, wine. This month's issue of Wired (with plenty of fodder for blogging and articles, so more to come) includes a nugget of glorious information- Washington state vintner Substance ha ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jan 2 2009 - 2:11pm

I, For One, Welcome Our New Republican Overlords

What?  Republicans getting a mention on the eve of a scientific Golden Age due to the presence of Democrats in both Congress and the Oval Office, a time when the heavens themselves shall burst forth with funding to drive out the stench of stem cell restric ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 6 2009 - 1:59pm

Stop Global Warming With Bigger Government And Price Controls, Say Economists

A new way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and tackle climate change had been unveiled by a group of  economists.   Or an old way, depending on how long you have been around.   Under their proposals, companies would buy what are in effect permits to poll ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 5 2009 - 11:07pm

Crazy Ideas And Solid Science: Evolutionary Genetics And Eugenics In The 1920s And 30s

Roystonea, the royal palms, are the most striking palms in the Caribbean, and arguably, in the world (though, granted, a talipot palm in flower comes a close second). The name of the genus was coined by Orator F. Cook, an American botanist, in 1900, in ho ...

Article - Ian Ramjohn - Jan 8 2009 - 11:45am

CNN: 24 hour news channel or pimp for HHS?

Was anyone else as dismayed about the supposed choice for surgeon general as I was? ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jan 6 2009 - 10:33pm

Evolgen explains what research professors really do

Evolgen clears up a misconception that drives me nuts: ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 6 2009 - 10:44pm

The Science Bubble

What is a bubble? As is often the case with language, one word can embody multiple meanings.  I am referring to the type of bubble emergent from large-scale social phenomena. It is generally a self-reinforcing process, where participants come to believe t ...

Article - Morgan Giddings - Jul 25 2011 - 5:18pm

The creator, or the content?

In my last article, I ended with the observation that: While we cannot reject Cook's scientific contribution simply on the basis of his embrace of racist pseudoscience, we also can't simply ignore it either. Sloppy thinking, after all, is sloppy ...

Blog Post - Ian Ramjohn - Jan 9 2009 - 3:30am