Science & Society

Balloon Boy: Just how does one raise children to be interested in science?

The "unusual", "eccentric", extraordinary Heene family.  It seems clear to me that these people have been through 24 hours of hell thanks to the cynical media.  Watching them on TV I ask myself, how would one raise children who you woul ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jul 25 2011 - 5:27pm

Mouse n Monkey Vet---- Intro

Fact: virtually no new medicine or surgery will come to the American public any time soon unless it has first made the rounds of animal laboratories. Every piece of medical news you read is but a few steps removed from animal studies.   And yet, despite t ...

Blog Post - Larry Carbone - Oct 16 2009 - 7:18pm

Richard Heene, Balloon Boy, and the Mad Scientist stereotype. Tabloidification of mainstream media.

A ccording to ABC 7 Denver unnamed "friends" have dubbed Richard Heene a "Mad Scientist".Oh here we go again!  Then this news station reports every bad word someone can say about him, with no independent verification.    There are many ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 17 2009 - 10:36am

Evolution And Art

From Oct. 9-30, the University of Guelph and Ed Video are hosting a special art exhibit entitled " This View of Life: Evolutionary Art for the Year of Darwin ". It was organized by professors in four departments: Integrative Biology, Philosophy, ...

Article - T. Ryan Gregory - Oct 18 2009 - 8:36pm

Ballon Boy HOAX: Finally some real information.. The weight of the balloon.

Finally thanks to the sheriff we have some actual scientific information on this whole story.   The sheriff with the actual balloon on hand and in consultation with a professor took measurements.  The balloon could not have held the boy due to an 18 lb dis ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 19 2009 - 2:15pm

Nuclear Family Myth? Kids Of Single Parents And Gays No Different, Says Study

The conventional family has changed over the last few decade but regardless of parent genders or family structure, adolescents' perception of proper family functioning has changed little, says a new study. Previous studies have pointed to families wit ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2009 - 12:46pm

WHIZ KIDS Film Director Reaches Back To Childhood In Telling The Stories Of The Next Generation Of Scientists.

When I was 12 years old, I entered the seventh grade quite unremarkably.   Short, scrawny, and high-voiced, I saw nothing too exciting about my future.   Perhaps worse, those around me saw nothing either.   It was during this time I met Mrs. ...

Article - Tom Shepard - Nov 2 2009 - 12:11pm

People, Planet & Profit- Location Matters

Global climate reminds us it is one world afterall. NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center released the September temperatures. Separately, the combined global land and ocean surface temperature or the average land surface temperature proves September the s ...

Article - Hatice Cullingford - Nov 9 2009 - 8:49pm

The Ph.D. Octopus by William James

I am not the first to point out PhD snoobery.  This is an account from 1903 which appeared in the Harvard Monthly. Quote: ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 21 2009 - 11:32am

Creepy Weirdos And Holidays- Sex Offender Policies Questioned

Sex crimes against pre-teen children are no higher during Halloween than at any other times of the year and diverting law enforcement places people at more risk, according to a study in Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.   That's not t ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2010 - 11:45am