Science & Society

How Original Sin Proves Dinosaurs Lived Only Six Thousand Years Ago

A high-quality glossy titled, " What Really Happened To Dinosaurs? ", is making the rounds, thanks to CEO Ken Ham and the good people at Discovery Institute. Dinosaurs, in addition to being Adam and Eve's first choice for every flag football ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jan 22 2009 - 1:10pm

A Mathematician a Cheerleader for Science?

In a Times News Review interview, Marcus du Sautoy, our new Oxford University Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, says: I became a mathematician and not a scientist because science often goes wrong.... You do an experiment 100 times and you ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jan 24 2009 - 10:27am

Dynamic Systems- Contexts Of Interaction Show Soccer Is The Same Across Decades

When comparing players in baseball, it's difficult to cross even modern 'eras' because conditioning and strategies have changed.   6'2" shortstops are relatively common now but unheard of even 30 years ago.   Likewise, American foo ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2009 - 5:37pm

September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack- World Trade Center Evacuation Risk Factors Identified

Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have released findings identifying factors that affected evacuation from the World Trade Center (WTC) Towers after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. A research methodology ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2009 - 11:02am

Despite Recent Issues, 'Happiness Gap' In The US Narrowed Since 1970

People have found plenty to criticize in the last year but if we look at the last few decades, there is actually a lot more American equality- in overall happiness.   Which is really looking at the glass half full. That's not to say there are more hap ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2009 - 12:36pm

Economic Crisis- Leaders Have Earned Distrust, Says Study

If you have a 401K, you've seen what happens when confidence abandons the stock market.   If people didn't trust financial leaders and institutions before, they certainly do not now.   Paola Sapienza (Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2009 - 2:26pm

Waving the social misfit banner

"It is in the realm of the public interest for society to help support our efforts," Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate and one of the co-chairs of Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, said during an interview on NPR's All ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jan 27 2009 - 4:25pm

Vive la Différence!

I like stirring, so here is this recent University Press Release (27 January 2009): 'Censoring' language is key to female survival in the boardroom New research from the University of Reading argues that women leaders have to be language experts ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jan 28 2009 - 4:50am

New: Science and Human Rights Coalition

Are you seeking to serve humanity as a scientist but in a new way? This might well be your cup of tea: AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition. AAAS, whose mission is "to advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benef ...

Blog Post - Hatice Cullingford - Jan 28 2009 - 9:37am

Bad For Budgets- NSF Sexcapades Under Fire

Morale has plummeted at the National Science Foundation, it seems, due to governmental oversight and interference from above.    The Senate Finance Committee didn't like a report they got from the NSF and are going to do something about it. What, that ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 29 2009 - 11:25pm