Science & Society

A paper in Science has been retracted - by the senior author. Because he did not know the data in his paper was fake. Whether that makes political science or the peer review system look worse will be…

In recent years, the popularity of "electronic dance music" (EDM) and dance festivals has increased substantially throughout the US and worldwide. Even though data from national samples suggests…

Historian Mark Griffiths claims to have cracked a code in an Elizabethan book on botany to discover a true portrait of Shakespeare made within the bard’s own lifetime. The find has been hailed as “…

If you want cheap medicine, Canadian taxpayers make it possible to get a great deal, but when it comes to new medicines, Canada is behind similar countries, according to a new report which ranks it…

239 representatives from Finnish small and medium-sized businesses responded to new survey  by the Lappeenranta University of Technology about external and internal obstacles for productivity…

The European Union has released some data on the latest call for applications for ITN grants. These are "training networks" where academic and non-academic institutions pool up to provide innovative…

In 2003, while French youth protested American imperialism, 14,000 mostly elderly people were allowed to die in a heat wave. Heat waves kill a lot more people, it is believed, except they don't.…

Candor from Monsanto C-level people is downright refreshing - and it's new.  In seeking to perhaps take over Syngenta, they recognize they may want to do things differently than they did when…

DuPont Pioneer, the seed company that sells corn, sorghum, alfalfa, etc. and was considering expanding Kaua'i operations just a few years ago, has decided instead to close its Parent seed operations…

Can scientists learn from listening to public reaction to the products they develop? And should they? As a philosopher by training (and as a science journalist by profession) I am delving into…