Superfreakonomics On Drunk Driving vs. Drunk Walking: Relevant or Ridiculous? (VOTE)
A couple of weeks ago, before the publication of Superfreakonomics, the follow up to the bestselling Freakonomics by New York Times "Freakonomics" col...
A couple of weeks ago, before the publication of Superfreakonomics, the follow up to the bestselling Freakonomics by New York Times "Freakonomics" col...
Dan Agin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
The problem for the working scientist is that the essence of science is a self-conscious and mandatory objectivity -- which means dogma and doctrine are essentially antithetical.
AP | By ARIEL DAVID | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
ROME (AP)-- Scientists have reproduced the Shroud of Turin -- revered as the cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb -- and say the experiment proves the...
Live Science | Charles Q. Choi | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
Scientists have now levitated mice using magnetic fields. Other researchers have made live frogs and grasshoppers float in mid-air before, but such...
James M. Gentile | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
If the future of our nation is not continually renewed by young Americans well supported in their advanced scientific research, we likely will have a very dim future indeed.
BBC News | Posted 07.12.2009 | World
The ubiquitous periodic table will soon have a new addition - the "super-heavy" element 112....
Grist | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green
One billion people rely on seafood for their sole source of protein. But if we don't start eating more sustainably, scientists predict that our waters...
Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living
Because science is worshiped and scientists have grown used to an ethos of amorality, to protest against diabolical creativity makes you a target of irrational smears.
Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
There is a false impression in Washington that you need a PhD or science background to use scientific facts and research to make public policy decisions. This should not be the case.
Julia Bovey | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
Someday, coal-fired electricity plants will likely be able to capture and store their global warming pollution, and that's something that NRDC encourages, as long as it's done well.
Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.14.2008 | Living
The US has more than double the number of students scoring at the highest level in the science assessment of the Programme of International Student Assessment than any other OECD nation.
Mairi Beautyman | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green
Someone hit a switch today and began either the greenest or one of the most environmentally disastrous experiments in the world: The Large Hadron Coll...
Michelle Pilecki | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
So you'd think the US would want to hold onto good nuclear physicists, right? Especially American citizens who have been active in the community as well as excellent scientists?
AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Scientific advisers to the government emphasize in a report the importance of teaching evolution in public schools. The report by the National Academy...
The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books