In 2004 when The Day After Tomorrow hit theaters, I wrote this column evaluating its possible impacts. Later, Anthony Leiserowitz followed with a study appearing in Environment magazine assessing the […]
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Over the weekend, there was a Bigfoot sighting near my parents’ house in Clarence, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. The sighting is complete with the following photograph. See how […]
What research would I be focused on if I weren’t currently studying the interactions between science, media, and politics? It would have to be the role of the news and […]
The “Economic Competitiveness” frame is one of the dominate ways that proponents of science try to rally public support for investment. Historically, first in the context of the Cold War, […]
It’s rare in media coverage to see a focus on the PATENTS/PROPERTY RIGHTS dimension of stem cell research, even though patents are the engine driving research. But this weekend, the […]
In this news release from Focus on the Family, Senator Sam Brownback pushes the SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY frame in arguing against the Spector-Castle ESC bill, claiming that ESC is “speculative” science […]
I ran across this excellent short ten-minute film highlighting the persistent negative stereotypes of Arabs in Hollywood film and television. Watch it. Definitely worth checking out.According to the film site, […]
Yesterday, the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank detailed the GOP’s effort to frame the debate over a pull out from Iraq, as a decision to “cut and run.” The phrase has […]
Yesterday Peter Whoriskey of the WPost detailed the weaknesses in the dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee in Florida. If the dike failed, as might happen if a major hurricane hit the […]
Buried in today’s NYTimes Business section is a report on the vote yesterday by the U.S. House to permanently eliminate the estate tax for about 99.7 percent of all families […]
Ian Wilmut appeared on NPR’s Science Friday this past week to promote his new book and to discuss developments in human cloning. Below are a few highlights from the transcript. […]
The real test as to whether Gore’s Inconvenient Truth can capture a mass audience takes place over the next two weeks. The film opened in a 100 new theaters this […]
I’ve been meaning to start blogging about this site launched last week, and as it turns out, I just received this press release via email. I am sure I will […]
On June 15, the day I moved from Columbus to DC, I listened during my drive out here to a few hours of Rush Limbaugh. On his program he discussed […]
With the Supreme Court deciding yesterday to hear a case challenging the Bush administration’s enforcement of the Clean Air Act (Times coverage here, Post here), the Center for American Progress […]
Frank Luntz, GOP pollster and architect of the Republican message strategy on global warming, said last night in a documentary on CBC that he has changed his position on global […]
In the recent issue of The NY Review of Books, James Hansen pens a must-read review of several recent books on climate change, and includes a review of Gore’s Inconvenient […]
I was lucky enough to snag a ticket to see Superman Returns tonight at the Uptown Theater in Cleveland Park. Here is the scoop, without spoiling the movie: Superman foils […]
A pre-publication release of a study I did with Kirby Goidel of LSU is now available at the website of the journal POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. Analyzing national survey data collected in […]
One of the critiques of Inconvenient Truth that has emerged is that Gore spends a lot of time warning viewers about global warming, but strays from actually providing concrete suggestions […]
There are two generalizable findings on influencing behavior change. First, citizens are more likely to get involved politically if they see members of their peer group or social group getting […]
There are two dominant ways we view the role of the news media in the U.S., with both views reflected in the traditions of classical sociology. The first perspective emphasizes […]
It appears that while audiences continue to go see Inconvenient Truth, some of the excitement has worn off. According to BoxOffice Mojo, the film opened in 73 more theaters this […]
Today marks the ten year anniversary of the birth of the cloned sheep Dolly, and the anniversary comes as Congress debates various bills impacting funding for embryonic stem cell research […]
The motorcycle gang pulled in to the parking lot in a small town in upstate New York. They put down their glistening kickstands and sauntered into the grocery store, one […]
This past week, three top experts stopped by the Big Think offices for a video interview: behavioral neurologist Antonio Damasio, C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup, and kidnapping victim Stanley Alpert. USC […]
The question of whether a community center that houses a mosque can or should be built a few blocks away from the Ground Zero acreage, in a building most New […]
Over the past couple of years, pop-up spaces have populated the entire spectrum of trendiness and utility, manifesting as anything from retail hotspots to smart emergency shelter. Their conceptual origin […]
Hybrid Reality has just spent a week in one of our favorite places: Singapore. As the city-state celebrates its 45th birthday, it continues to enjoy a unique status as an […]
While Italy is now famous for its use of the red tomato on pizzas and pastas, the food was introduced the country relatively recently. A historian on how we all came to love the tomato.