Science & Society

Girls Remake Anime Films And Reinforce Stereotypes

Girls are gathering online to remake action-oriented Japanese animation videos geared toward males- you know, because males are genetically engineered to like action cartoons with bounty hunter vampires who need to kill their half-brothers that run an evil ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 18 2009 - 9:30am

Should There Be More Religious Control Of Banking? Asks University Of Leicester

The University of Leicester’s School of Management wonders if more religious control of banks might have lessened the impact of the global financial crisis.   Buying into the notion that a 'sub-prime' housing market led to the latest global finan ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 18 2009 - 10:37am

The Academic Political Ecosystem

Over at the Monkey Cage: Fact: Academicians tend to be politically differentiated according to discipline, with those in the social sciences and humanities on the left, those in the natural sciences in the middle, and those in engineering and business on t ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jun 18 2009 - 11:31am

Criminals: You're S&!# Out Of Luck

That DNA evidence that could exonerate you? You don't have a right to it, says the US Supreme Court. Actually, not being a lawyer or constitutional scholar, I don't know what kinds of evidence you have a constitutional right to when you go on tri ...

Article - Michael White - Jun 19 2009 - 8:00am

Kids In Tanzania- "We Want Sex, Not AIDS"

A baffling report says health workers fail to understand the importance of sex for Tanzanian children.   Yes, children. Community health organizations working on AIDS prevention projects in Tanzania, frequently fail to understand how children in Tanzania d ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2009 - 3:50pm

Help Prevent 'Sudden Cardiac Death'

Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) is an unexpected death caused by a sudden loss of heart function (sudden cardiac arrest, SCA). Every year, 400,000 adults die of SCD, making it one of the largest causes of death in Europe. Sudden Cardiac Death begins with Sudden ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2009 - 2:01am

Academics Drive Conspiracy Theories?

Most conspiracy theories wouldn't gain much traction without unhinged academics: "The most destructive people linked to conspiracy theories and denialism are those with academic appointments- and those who can manipulate their backgrounds to appe ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jun 22 2009 - 9:36pm

Editors In Web2.0

Many people will write columns, fiction, games, et cetera for the joy of doing it.  But that leads me to an important distinction between writing versus publishing.  Writers-- good and bad-- will write for free.  History tells us that.  But a good editor w ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jun 23 2009 - 9:03pm

Elsevier Announces 2008 Journal Impact Factor Rankings

Elsevier today announced the highlights of its journal impact factor performance in 2008. Elsevier overall saw 75% of its journal impact factors (IF) increase from 2007 to 2008. According to the 2008 Journal Citation Report(R) published by ThomsonReuters, ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2009 - 7:21pm

Why Are Women And Europeans Drinking More Alcohol?

Research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Canada says that 4 percent of worldwide deaths are directly attributable to alcohol consumption and the rise is mainly due to increases in the number of women and Europeans drinking. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2009 - 9:38am