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When Dr. Francis Collins was nominated by President Obama to be director of the National Institutes of Health in the summer of 2009, there was little dissent in Congress. One […]
Less than 50 kilometers from the Manila metro area (population 21 million) sits Taal volcano – and it is beginning to show signs it might erupt for the first time since 1977.
All eyes will be on Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland as it begins to show signs that an eruption might be in the works.
It is clear now that the earthquakes occurring in western Saudi Arabia are centered under the Harrat Lunayyir lava field. The question is now: coincidence or concern?
Evolution is accepted as the fundamental theory of life because, well, we see evidence of it all around us. Not because it has been irrefutably, mathematically proved—at least not yet.
While in many parts of the world today women enjoy greater power and opportunity than ever before, there are also places where women remain essentially powerless, lacking access to even basic education or human rights.
What future is there for journalism? Or is there a future in journalism for many of the bright young things who will have read a recent article titled ‘The Hamster […]
In the wake of the Aug. 23 court decision that halted Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, Democrats are gearing up to use stem cell research as a wedge […]
Our stereotype of strip club workers is that they don’t have a lot on the ball. But a new study of UK lap dancers shows they are more educated than the typical Brit.
Over at the Intersection, Chris generated a discussion of what issues might be the next big science policy debates. I’d like to turn the question in a slightly different direction […]
Women are still greatly underrepresented in elected office—even though new research shows they may be more effective politicians than their male counterparts.
Most people do not come to Hollywood for deep conversation, but as we explained with respect to “serious games,” the entertainment universe is producing an impressive array of products that can […]
BY delicious irony, the local Member of Parliament for the impoverished Atacama region of Chile – which includes the doomed mine of San Jose – is none other Isabel Allende. […]
When I wrote last week about the fact that all California state employees have to sign a loyalty oath, a reader took issue with the picture I posted of school […]
Science has published four letters in response to our framing article along with a fifth letter as our reply. As it turns out, I know two of the correspondents fairly […]
Last week I posted somewhat optimistically about media reports suggesting a rebirth for independent bookstores. In reply, below is a guest contribution from my colleague Paul D’Angelo, a professor of […]
Almost 200 years later, you still have to just be awestruck by the magnitude of the “Great Eruption” of Tambora that produced the “Years without a Summer”.
Timothy Noah at Slate on, “What your enjoyment of sleep-away camp, or lack of same, says about your character.” How much did these hideaways determine our adult psychology?
An April Fool’s prank that had lots of Guardian readers fooled – except those who knew their typography.
What if New York had somehow managed to remain New Amsterdam?
A recent article at the journal Science Communicationreports on an innovative EU program that trained scientists in public engagement and science-society relations. Along with the Leopold Leadership Program, it is […]
Not surprisingly, Carl Safina’s Feb. 10 essay at the NY Times calling for an end to Darwin worship generated a fair amount of criticism.Safina’s suggestion to frame information in terms […]
A news release on a new survey from the Woodrow Wilson Center’s project on nanotechnology: Washington, DC — A groundbreaking poll finds that almost half of U.S. adults have heard […]
The Washington Post has been running a 12 part series on the now seven year old Chandra Levy murder case. As one article in the series describes, rather sadly, the […]
At the History News Network, my American University colleague Lenny Steinhorn teams up with his brother Charles, a professor of Mathematics at Vassar College, to point out the misleading nature […]
Back in November, when Missouri passed a constitutional amendment protecting the ability of scientists to conduct embryonic stem cell research in the state, it was heralded as one more political […]
Welcome to the next iteration of Eruptions! For everyone who has never seen Eruptions before, I thought I’d start off with a little introduction. My name is Dr. Erik Klemetti, I […]
The latest Eruptions Word of the Day is all about what happens when you get eruptions under ice.
Kilauea’s two lava lakes, up close with Pacaya, mining sulfur in Indonesia and the latest from Iceland.