Education Wars: the Empire Strikes Back?

Education Wars: the Empire Strikes Back?

One of the difficulties of judging the ways of people is the fact that highly intelligent individuals can at the same time be in the grip of a totally cockeyed ideology.  One reads things like…
Will The President Accept Science This Time?

Will The President Accept Science This Time?

Yet another government science report has found that the Keystone XL pipeline is not going to be risky to the environment.  This isn't the first time the Obama administration's own scientists…
In Microbiology, Science Teaching Goes Viral

In Microbiology, Science Teaching Goes Viral

While there is a glut of PhDs in academia, to an extent where some post-doc jobs don't even pay anything, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology said in 2012 that America will…
Decibels Determine Democracy?

Decibels Determine Democracy?

Voice voting is still used at some civic, local and county meetings. In more of a traditional sense, it's also still employed in Congress and some state meetings. But new paper finds that a…