Political scientists are in a panic because the US House of Representatives finally passed a bill which contains a line item eliminating National Science Foundation grants for political scientists. The Senate may vote soon also, though there are a lot more Democrats in the Senate so it is unlikely it will pass. We know how much they hate science. read...
read moreThere's a lot of recent talk about open access in academia - taxpayers fund the bulk of academia in modern times so there isn't much benefit to a billion-dollar corporation charging a subscription fee for science research produced there.But the university system itself, awash in money, new buildings and new employees after two decades of 'a college education is a right' mentality propped up by...
read moreSo a young earth creationist museum put some dinosaurs in its advertising. Ho-hum.While the atheist panic machine lumbers into action once again - after all, kids like dinosaurs, what if they go and learn not to steal and stuff while they are there? - there really isn't much to worry about if you are not in the panic business. read...
read moreI just wrote an article talking about how limiting choice is framed as 'leading the way' when it comes to a pet belief - and anti-science Californians who insist any genetically optimized food is dangerous are making my point while making some inroads into turning their non-reality-based beliefs into law for everyone in the state. read...
read moreMore high school students are taking math and science classes - a good thing, we all want more science literacy - but the U.S. Education Department, in its quest to stop people from wondering how it still exists after 33 years of education not being a federal prerogative, cautions that scores have stagnated.To people not trying to rationalize their jobs, and not in the scare journalism business,...
read moreWe carry some press releases on Science 2.0 and of course that is what Science Codex in our sidebar is. It's been an intentional effort since the communications arm of Science 2.0 began in 2006. The first, and most important reason, for that is because we think the audience is smart and don't need journalists putting context to most stories. Our audience just wants to know first so if something...
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