What is sure to happen, since 50% of science funding is politically controlled, is that a giant wave of new PhDs will get teary stories on the floor of Congress and outraged Senators declaring that X…

Making fun of Michele Bachmann, when NCCAM is zealously protected by Democrats, only tell us how you vote. In December of 2012 when various members of Congress ranted at the CDC about vaccines and…

If you want to go into the clergy, study science It may sound strange to young scientists ot today who are thoroughly steeped in the culture wars before they get a bachelor's degree, but…

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/10030/title/What-P... Decades on, bacterium’s discovery feted as paragon of basic science MADISON, Wis. – Over time, the esoteric and sometimes…

And there is the beauty and the ugliness of it. Politicians, especially the ones you vote for, don't need to give you more funding because you are not going anywhere. It's the same mentality the WWE…

A recent paper uses neuromarketing techniques - basically, electrodermal activity to detect fluctuations in the emotional and attentional state of subjects in response to commercial stimuli - to try…

Last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hinted a restriction on menthol in cigarettes might again be coming - and the stock markets reacted as expected, reading a government restriction as…

As Science 2.0 approaches its 12th anniversary people have asked me about the reasons for its longevity. Some of if it just riding out the ups and downs of culture, of course, we are a boring but…

In the world of government-funded science, there is usually no applied outcome, no direct benefit to the public, and so the (1) struggle to be relevant (which in practical terms means continue to be…

Cardiac surgeon and television personality Dr. Oz was on The Today Show this week talking about cold remedies, and as usual he was a mix of evidence and shamanism. It's easy for the pro-science…