Weekly News Roundup: Birds and a Plane
• The science of birds taking down a commercial plane—and how the danger could apply to NASA as well. • “Scientific and legal integrity” to return to the EPA. And not a moment too soon. • A ruckus...
View ArticleThe Inauguration Will Be Televised…And Facebooked, and Twittered, and Texted
In a little under a half hour, Barack Obama will officially take his place as the country’s next POTUS. And while the event will be brimming with historic firsts for the country, the coverage contains...
View ArticleWelcome President Obama! Now About Those Stem Cell Laws…
So it happened: Barack Obama has officially taken his place as the country’s 44th President (complete with a shout-out to science during the inaugural address!). And, with the country facing enough...
View ArticleWill an Obama Administration Be Good for Women in Science?
The scientific community has spent plenty of time rejoicing the new pro-science era, and our spanking new president has continued to give every assurance (including a shout-out in his inauguration...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup: Let There Be Stem Cell Trials!
• And we’re a go, people: Get ready for the world’s first study on human embryonic stem cell therapy. • But first, bye bye absurd abortion laws! • The Inauguration killed the Internets! No mere series...
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"PopeTube" Launches, Brings New Holiness to Internet
Are You a Vatican, Or a Vatican’t? If you’re Pope Benedict XVI, the answer is clear. The 81-year-old Pope has shown no fear or hesitation when it comes to voicing his view on modern issues and...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup: The Ethics of Eight Babies
• Do humans have reproductive limits? And if not physical, how about ethical? • Scientists give a big thumbs up to Obama’s environmental plan. • A handy list of all the biggest “global cooling” hacks,...
View ArticleIs "Train More Scientists" the Answer to Our Economic Woes?
Over at Silicon Alley Insider’s Clusterstock blog, Joe Weisenthal has taken on the science establishment, slapping down the much-bandied conventional wisdom that the solution to society’s ills is to...
View ArticleSay It Ain't So: New Yorker Publishes Misleading Climate Piece
We’d expect this sort of thing from the New York Times Magazine perhaps, but the New Yorker? Last week’s issue features an opinion piece by staffer David Owen titled “Economy vs. Environment,” in which...
View ArticleEconomic Crises (Like This One) Lead to Higher Murder & Suicide Rates
It doesn’t come as much of a surprise, but now there’s data to prove it: Rises in unemployment similar to those in the current economic crisis increase homicide and suicide rates, according to...
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