Science & Society

Mouse Brain Surgery And Mouse Welfare

As a mouse vet, my job is to suggest refinements to make cancer studies as easy as possible on the mice.  ...

Article - Larry Carbone - Nov 12 2009 - 8:07pm

Energy Equality & The Carbon Tax

Energy is fungible and nothing is certain but death and taxes. All energy is like all other energy and interchangeable through one means or another.   But, all energy is not created equal.   Some energy is better than other energy.   Hot energy is higher  ...

Article - Jack Vermillion - Nov 11 2009 - 11:50pm

I Humbly Propose A Biologically Accurate Episode Of Spongebob Squarepants

Today's scapegoat for my rant about the place of cephalopods in society is, as I predicted, Squidward Quincy Tentacles, of Spongebob Squarepants fame: What IS that? Six appendages, a misplaced mouth, and a floppy nose? Where'd the nose come from? ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Nov 11 2009 - 9:25pm

Steven Pinker on Malcolm Gladwell

In a review of Gladwell's new book: ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Nov 15 2009 - 10:39am

The Evolution of the God Gene

Gross generalizations about atheists remain in style. A letter in response to a Sunday New York Times article in the Week in Review section, by Nicholas Wade. Dear Mr. Wade, ...

Blog Post - Keith Adams - Nov 15 2009 - 3:10pm

Cloned Cows

A recent article, " Cloned Cows: Less In, More Out " raised the question of food safety, since its sale was approved by the FDA last year. However, my concerns are much more fundamental.  The article indicates that cloning is beneficial so " ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Nov 15 2009 - 8:59pm

Creationists Celebrating Darwin

The 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species is coming up next week, and even the creationists are celebrating. In fact one of them is giving out free copies of Darwin's seminal book. The catch? It comes with a confused, incoheren ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Nov 18 2009 - 3:48pm

Engineering Education in America, 2009

This is a question to the many readers of science and technology articles and publications.  What are you seeing out there happening to engineering and science education where you come from?  What do you see for the future? ...

Blog Post - Jack Vermillion - Nov 19 2009 - 5:25pm

Networking For Freelancers

What do rock climbing, book clubs, and sci fi have in common? The answer is they all help an astrophysicist with job hunting. Read on for why and how! Back on May 1st, 6 months ago, I decided to transition to a pure freelancer lifestyle. At the time, Steph ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Nov 20 2009 - 12:34pm

Oh Pinker, Noooo!

Pinker goes after Gladwell, for doing a sloppy job on picking and analyzing the research he uses, and then does it himself in his critique of Gladwell. Ooops! By now many of you may have read Steven Pinker’s review of Gladwell’s latest book, What the Dog ...

Blog Post - Asha John - Nov 20 2009 - 10:00pm