Standing up for science. Credit: Sense About Science By Lydia Le Page, University of Edinburgh The 3rd annual John Maddox Prize has been awarded to Emily Willingham, a science writer in the US, and…

Ebola: EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, CC BY-SA By Richard Kock, Royal Veterinary College The still growing Ebola virus outbreak not only highlights the tragedy enveloping the areas most…

The social sciences have simultaneously become increasingly specialized and over-lapping. A new field calls itself Continental Shelf Prehistoric Research and it studies the remains of…

Come play with us. For ever. And ever. And ever. Alex Eylar By Baden Eunson, Monash University Recently, the Danish Toymaker Lego announced its plans for a reality TV show to be launched in 2015,…

Economics is a dwindling field. Long called the 'dismal science' it is now considered just another philosophical school of thought; people in the money business who want quantification hire…

If it isn't taxes, it is OPEC but oil prices are likely to go up - people are still going to drive. It's necessary. So is physical fitness but a new economics analysis finds that if prices to swim go…

Talk to long-time anglers with a favorite spot and they will often tell stories of one fish they could never get. In mythical overtones, they will speak of its ability to avoid capture,…

Just a short entry to mention that the blog of my colleague Michael Schmitt, a professor at Northwestern University and a member of the CMS collaboration, is as active as ever, with several very…

In the past, it was common practice to get rid of anything that was used - and unused - in operating rooms, but with rising health care costs due to government insurance and growing realization that…

Damage assessments from environmental hazards are always a challenge because of the competing constituencies pulling on science and the fuzzy nature of estimates. After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…