Scientists

When Scientists Speak, Who Listens?

Robert Walker | Posted 05.02.2012

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Robert Walker

If scientists get any media attention it's only because the science-deniers are ridiculing them. We live in the Era of Willful Ignorance. It is not only acceptable; it is fashionable to throw scientific caution to the wind.

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The 7 Cleverest Science Experiments In History

Michael Brooks | Posted 05.02.2012

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Michael Brooks

Sometimes doing something stupid or undignified is the only way to make the discovery or breakthrough you have been reaching towards. Sure, you might break a taboo or two, and you'll almost certainly break the rules, but since when did playing safe win anyone a Nobel Prize?

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Computers Powered By Crabs Fearing For Their Lives

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Laptops, Kobe University Research, Computers, Computer Logic Gates, Crustaceans, Kobe University, Logic Gates, Crabs, Crab-Powered Computers, Scientists, Technology News

Have you ever thought, "wow, crabs are really the laziest of crustaceans, someone should really find them something to do"? No? Well fear not, because...

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I'm Biased and So Are You

Eric Korpela | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Quackery, Science, Evidence Based Decision Making, Crime, Bias, Evidence-Based Medicine, Scientists, Selection Bias, Science News
Eric Korpela

Biases are very important to the sciences. That's primarily that you have to understand them in order to avoid or correct for them. The most famous bias is probably the "selection bias."

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Americans Deserve a Presidential Science Debate

Lawrence M. Krauss | Posted 05.19.2012

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Lawrence M. Krauss

Problems like climate change, biodiversity loss, and crashing fisheries populations are examples where human behavior enabled by the power of science and engineering has outstripped policymaking.

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What Scientists Can Learn From Ballet

Sylvie Leotin | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Embryology, C. H. Waddington, Choreography, Inspiration, Art Meets Science, Dr. Root-Bernstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Sylvie Leotin, Ballet, Dance, Barbara McClintock, John Cairns, Scientists, Science News
Sylvie Leotin

Scientists attending a dance performance will undoubtedly relate to the physicality and geometry of dance. The movement through time, the geometry of interactions, the symmetry of the lines, the balance of the bodies. All these have parallels in the physical interactions that occur in every science, from astronomy and physics, to chemistry and biology.

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This Is My Brain on Science

Eric Korpela | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Science, Scientists, Scientific Thought Process, How Scientists Think, Scientific Skepticism, Thinking Like a Scientist, Scientific Thinking, Science News
Eric Korpela

You may ask, "What is it like in a scientist's brain?" Let's start with my thought processes for an everyday task like seeing an article on The Huffington Post -- for example, this one: "Venus May Be Slowing Down, New ESA Data Suggests."

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Social Networks for Scientists Won't Work

Mark Drapeau | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Science, Twitter, Facebook, Biology, Techcrunch, Social Network for Scientists, Social Networks, Researchgate, Science Social Network, Scientists, Science News
Mark Drapeau

We're not really picking on any particular social network effort here. But why haven't any of these platforms truly caught on in the scientific community?

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Scientist Confirms Little Girls Made of Sugar & Spice

Mark C. Miller | Posted 04.03.2012

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Mark C. Miller

Sugar & spice, snakes & snails confirmed. Photo: Getty Images/Roger Wright NAALEHU, Hawaii -- Ellen Kameha always remembered the childhood nursery...

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Climate Scientists, Educators, and Why We Avoid Consulting the Experts

Shaun Johnson | Posted 04.03.2012

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Shaun Johnson

Certain well-heeled entities are very interested in the acquisition of valuable public per-pupil dollars. This might be why the real experts get shut out: they actually know what might be best for students and not someone's bottom line.

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Have Financial Markets Slipped Beyond Our Control?

Robert Harris | Posted 02.02.2012

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By Robert Harris, author of The Fear Index If you want to know why the world economy is in such a mess take a trip to Waxahachie, Texas, and look a...

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Kids Too Lazy To Pursue Science Careers? What Poll Shows

Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Video, Math, Job, Careers, Science, Mathematics, Doctors, Technology, STEM Education, Eduation, Engineering, Scientists, Science News

David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily Staff Writer First Published 01/30/2012 01:26 PM EST While job opportunities in science, technolog...

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Bio-Terror Fears Halt Bird Flu Research

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON — Scientists who created easier-to-spread versions of the deadly bird flu said Friday they're temporarily halting more research, as i...

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The Short Life Expectancy of Iranian Nuclear Scientists: Assassinations with a Message

Haggai Carmon | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Murder, Iran, Social Justice, Attack, United States, Mossad, Israel, Assassination, Missile, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Scientists, World News
Haggai Carmon

Does the killing of nuclear scientists stop or delay the Iranian nuclear weapons plan? Hardly.

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Negative Irreproducible Tweets... for Science

Michael Ham | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Peer Review, Experiments, Albert Einstein, Nature, New Research, Scientists, Science News
Michael Ham

Every scientist has at least one paper or graph tucked in a folder that lies in a dusty corner of the hard drive. The data is interesting, but doesn't lend itself to the creation of the grand narrative you must have for a traditional publication.

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FIRST Things First

Dean Kamen | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: National Science Foundation, Inventors, Neil Armstrong, Nasa, Stem, National Academy of Engineering, Science and Math, Robotics, STEM Education, First, Science Education, Scientists, Albert Einstein, Science News
Dean Kamen

If kids looked at Nicola Tesla or Bill Gates the way they look at LeBron James and Tom Brady, then I guarantee that our students' enthusiasm for math and science would match their passion for Little League and Pop Warner.

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I Want to Be a Scientist in My Next Life

Regina Fraser and Pat Johnson | Posted 01.18.2012

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Regina Fraser and Pat Johnson

Visiting the Argonne National Laboratory opened my eyes to a plethora of scientific investigation that is going on in a gigantic complex about 25 miles southwest of downtown Chicago.

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Declining Numbers Of Blacks Seen In Math, Science

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 12.24.2011

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With black unemployment reaching historic levels, banks laying off tens of thousands and law school graduates waiting tables, why aren't more African-...

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Imagine Science Film Festival Fosters Collaboration Between Scientists and Filmmakers

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 12.10.2011

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Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Aging, immortality, and space are the program themes, with evenings devoted to avant-garde shorts, documentaries, real footage from lab experiments, discussions about humanizing science through its depiction in film, and an afternoon of child-friendly films.

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In Love With Marie

Alan Alda | Posted 07.31.2011

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Alan Alda

It may seem frivolous to talk about loving Marie Curie, as though I insist on seeing her in a personal way. But for those of us who are not scientists, yet hunger to understand science more deeply, the personal, the human, is our doorway.

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Will Organized Labor Rally For Science... and Jobs

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

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James M. Gentile

Science is not a special interest; it's a national interest. And it's time for organized labor -- as well as the business community -- to rally behind it.

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Hope Is for Environmentalists, Trust Is for Scientists

Randy Olson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservation, Science, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Education, Scientists, Communication, University of Southern California, El Nino, Green News
Randy Olson

Let's talk about the differences between environmentalists and scientists.

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Virgin Galactic And Scientists Reach Space Travel Deal

Gadling | By Chris Owen (RSS Feed) on Feb 27th, 2011 at 3:00PM | Posted 05.25.2011

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While NASA's Discovery made its final frontier into space on Friday, Virgin Galactic was inking its own space deal, this time substituting space touri...

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Watch What Happens: Art And Science Dream Team Takes Over A Deserted Island

Posted 05.25.2011

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(Via MutualArt) To look at it, one would never suspect that the mostly barren, deserted island situated off the coast of Mexico would have such a c...

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Does the Mossad have Spy Vultures?

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keith Thomson

Early this week, a vulture flew across the Israeli border into Saudi Arabia, where it was captured on suspicion of espionage.

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