California is the home of bans in the United States, everything from Happy Meals to golf courses and goldfish have come under fire. Sometimes the bans pass, and it is always cheered as 'leadership'…

During the 2011 and 2012 migration seasons, University of Missouri researchers monitored mallard ducks using satellite tracking, the first time ducks have been tracked closely during the entirety of…

Education is in something a Catch-22. If they have standards, there will be dropouts among people who don't want to do the work to reach the minimum levels. If they don't have standards, they are…

In America, radical environmental groups get something of a cultural free pass.  It's understandable, because America is a two-party country. Due to that, otherwise scientifically literate…

Years ago, when science media was generally in decline, both financially and content-wise, I held up Popular Science as the poster child for how to be successful: Appeal to your market and stay out…

"No Child Left Behind" was a bipartisan law overwhelmingly approved by both Democrats and Republicans and signed into law by US President George W. Bush. It was created to address crippling flaws in…

Hospice is the name for palliative care, primarily of terminally ill patients. There are few examples of more gracious, compassionate people, so if a patient wants antibiotics they are…

California leads the country in creating science policy by opposition; if Republicans are against it, California will pass it. Taxpayers are swimming in debt and wondering why they wasted $3 billion…

When it comes to public understanding of science, science blog readership doesn't help poor people, it actually hurts. Similar levels of attention to science in newspapers and on blogs can lead to…

Australia is working to repeal its unpopular carbon tax and replacement strategies to mitigate carbon emissions and stave off future climate change may bring a bonus - water savings. A new study says…