Science & Society
- Stock Robot Surprisingly Ignorant Of Squid Facts
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I was going to write about this article in the Kitsap Sun, which highlighted my advisor's recent research trip off the WA coast. I thought that was pretty cool, but the article had a few science points confused, so I was going to clarify them. But the ...
Article - Danna Staaf - Sep 27 2009 - 1:37pm
- Exercising Myths from TIME
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In the Aug. 9, 2009 issue of Time magazine there was an article entitled "Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin". In reading this article, I couldn't help but conclude that this was another series of bad correlations and misinformation that ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Sep 28 2009 - 5:52pm
- Improving Education
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A recent article entitled " Educators could learn a thing or two from the automotive industry, study finds " piqued my interest. "...explains how "Lean production" techniques have transformed the automotive, construction, and serv ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Sep 28 2009 - 9:33pm
- Anti-studies
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In the issue dated 10 October, Science News reports on a study that suggests that peer reviewers prefer positive results: ...
Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Sep 29 2009 - 12:59pm
- I Think "Diablo Rojo" is a Gringoism
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Journalists can't seem to write an article about Humboldt squid without mentioning their "Mexican name" diablo rojo. But in all my squid trips to the Gulf of California, I've never yet heard a Mexican fisherman use that term. At the squ ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 1 2009 - 11:00pm
- Life Expectancy During Recession
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A recent LiveScience article " Recession May Boost Life Expectancy " suggests that economic downturns may boost the life expectancy of the population. The conclusions suggest that, while not specific to individuals, the general effects of an eco ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Oct 2 2009 - 2:39pm
- Francis Crick as Late Bloomer
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For all of you postdocs who worry about an uncertain future, endure low pay, fret about getting stuck on uninspiring research, then you might take heart from the example of Francis Crick. In late 1953, at the age of 37, Francis Crick began his postdoc in t ...
Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 3 2009 - 4:06pm
- Walmart- the new farmer's market?
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Can Walmart sell nutrition better than the U.S. government? Honestly, it might be able to, says agricultural trade policy analyst Sallie James in this NPR report. James says it's not economically feasible for the vast majority of Americans to buy and ...
Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Oct 5 2009 - 10:19am
- College Students Get Some Voting Respect
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Outreach campaigns like 'Rock the Vote' don't generally do a lot for the image of young voters- if you're in the tank for one party the other party gives up on you and your own party takes you for granted because they are going after un ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2009 - 12:23pm
- Religious And Skeptics Not All That Different, Reasoning Wise, Says Neuroimaging Study
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You would think religious people and atheists don't have a lot in common regarding thinking but they do, says a study by UCLA, Pepperdine and USC neuroscientists. It's tough to systematically compare religious faith with ordinary cognition, s ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2009 - 2:04pm
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