The Value Of Peer Review In Political Policy

The Value Of Peer Review In Political Policy

For policy makers and politicians, there is confusion over what peer review is and how it should be used in policy decision making and, really, how improved technology and new science (including…
Marijuana Laws And 14th Amendment

Marijuana Laws And 14th Amendment

The Fourteenth Amendment of the United States constitution was passed after the civil war to provide equal protection to freed slaves under the law and to protect them from discriminatory behavior by…
Marijuana Laws And 14th Amendment

Marijuana Laws And 14th Amendment

the fourteenth amended of the united states constitution was passed after the civil war to provide equal protection to freed slaves under the law and to protect them from discriminatory behavior by…
Yep, This Should Get You Fired

Yep, This Should Get You Fired

An Ohio 8th-grade creationist science teacher with a habit of branding crosses on his students' arms has been fired, after a long and tedious process and a lawsuit that cost the school district some…
Pictures From An Exhibition

Pictures From An Exhibition

You may recognize the famous Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, whose best known work is “Pictures at an Exhibition”.  But the pictures that follow are from a totally different …
Ratzinger Against Sexual Education

Ratzinger Against Sexual Education

That's too bad. Pope Benedict XVI just let go with a very unfortunate judgement, which betrays just how much the catholic church would like to force a control on our society. In a new-year speech he…
Do Meet the Scientist Programs Work?

Do Meet the Scientist Programs Work?

A number of scientific organizations these days are creating Meet the Scientist programs and sending scientists and engineers out into public schools, science cafes, and other venues with the hope…
Centralized Politics, Centralized Thought

Centralized Politics, Centralized Thought

“Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy…
Saturn (Chronos), Eating His Children

Saturn (Chronos), Eating His Children

Western thought, from the sciences to the arts, have been based upon the rich mythology and history of the Ancient Greeks and Romans.  One which seems to guide the subconscious thought of many…
Science Questions For The New Year

Science Questions For The New Year

Here are a few questions I would like to see answered in Science 2.0 during 2011. First I would like to see a major scientist explain why the laws of nature are almost the same nearly everywhere.…