Science & Society

Could It Be? A Truce In The Science Versus Postmodernism Culture War

Sometimes you open Nature magazine and are surprised by the latest discovery in quantum mechanics or molecular biology. Browsing through the March 5, 2009 issue I was stunned by an article penned by sociologist Harry Collins, entitled “We cannot live by s ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Mar 22 2009 - 11:58am

Obama Is A Neo-Con Too, Says Historian (Who Just Happens To Hate Israel)

If you listen to pubic radio, you can find programs that say mass media is right wing.  Yes, right wing, because it takes a corporation to make mass media for the masses.    So therefore  having 90% of journalists being left wing is just a clever ruse.    ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 22 2009 - 11:50am

The Schtory Of Schmeat: Vladimir Mironov's Lab-Grown Chicken

“Let’s say tomorrow some crazy guy bombs America or poisons all your river or puts a lot of nuclear radiation out and all your livestock is poisoned.  What you will eat?” “Vegetables!” I answered. ...

Article - Stephanie Pulford - Mar 23 2009 - 12:31pm

Diabetes TV- the new reality show?

Can a TV show about disease management educate people who don't take their meds? Or does it just help sell expensive gadgets to motivated patients who are already doing better than most? ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Mar 26 2009 - 3:28pm

Can A Government Agency Save Science?

Okay, I am going to do something that will cost me my Republican voter card- I am going to recommend we reopen a government agency, the  Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 31 2009 - 6:39pm

1 In 3 Brits Still Struggling To Find An NHS Dentist

It has been revealed that 1 in 3 people in the UK are still struggling to find an NHS dentist, according to new research from Simplyhealth. Simplyhealth's Annual Dental Survey has revealed that alarmingly just over a third of Brits (35%) struggled to ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2009 - 10:10pm

Could A Publish Or Perish Attitude Produce Einstein Today?

Is today's academic and corporate culture stifling science's risk-takers and stopping disruptive, revolutionary science from coming to the fore?  Writing in Physics World, Mark Buchanan looks at those who have shifted scientific paradigms and ask ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2009 - 10:48am

There's No Recession In The Bridal Industry

Sure, things are tough all over.    Heck, Linda Evangelista recently stated she now would get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day (1).    ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2009 - 12:00pm

Want a promotion? Blog on ScientificBlogging!

Scientific Blogging can help your career! Well, indirectly. A study out of Melbourne University in Australia found that workers who surf the internet for fun at work, within a reasonable limit of less than 20 percent of total office time, are about nine p ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 3 2009 - 2:35pm

Hey, Is This Innuendo?

I'm no expert on shaving products or Australians(1) but this new Wilkinson Sword Quattro for Women Bikini thingie, with a razor on one end and a waterproof bikini trimmer on the other, is not supposed to be used on cats.   I am sure of it.   Yet, righ ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 3 2009 - 10:56pm