Science & the Public
Where scienceand society meet
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Humans
Whiz Kids: Its science and outreach
The filmmakers behind Whiz Kids would like to see their footage serve an educational purpose, perhaps through some online portal.
- Tech
Whiz Kids: The Movie
New independent film showcases the arduous path by which extraodinary high school researchers reach the Science Talent Search competition in Washington, D.C.
- Tech
Coming: Needed Protections for Science Integrity
The Obama admistration wants to depoliticize federal science.
- Health & Medicine
Dangers of biomedical plagiarism
The bogus data present in plagiarized biomedical papers is not just an ethical lapse, but also a threat to effective medicine.
- Health & Medicine
Study finds plenty of apparent plagiarism
Featured blog: A data-mining program looks for and finds plagiarism among scientific papers. The researchers survey the papers' writers and editors.
- Climate
Obama’s budget would boost science
Featured blog: Here's a preview of what science programs the Obama administration plans to push in the coming year's federal budget.
- Health & Medicine
Women: How bad is a regular nip?
Featured blog: A new study on alcohol and cancer deserves to be interpreted with a bit of caution.
- Humans
DOE wants to become more like Bell Labs
Steven Chus prizes DOE's research prowess, but not it's ability to marshall its discoveries into marketable innovations.
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- Tech
Stimulus: Substantial money for research infrastructure
Two agencies will share more than $1.25 billion to upgrade research equipment and facilities around the nation.
- Humans
AAAS: Climate-friendly fish
Many intangibles determine how big — or small — the carbon footprint is of that fish you're thinking about eating.
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