Samsung wants to give away a lot of money for STEM projects in local schools and we all probably agree that is a good thing. But there is no such thing as a free lunch so they want to give it away to people who can mobilize the most people that care about science and kids.Sutter Middle School in Folsom is one of those in the running so if you want to get more science and math to young...
read moreAmericans of a particular cultural and political persuasion like to regard Europeans as 'more' scientific because surveys reveal that they say 'yes' to the appropriate buzzwords. Not so, even to European scientists. Europeans are instead far more distrustful and dismissive of science than most Americans; they are precautionary principle-obsessed.Scottish microbiologist Anne Glover would...
read moreAmericans of a particular cultural and political persuasion like to regard Europeans as 'more' scientific because surveys reveal that they say 'yes' to the appropriate buzzwords. Not so, even to European scientists. Europeans are instead far more distrustful and dismissive of science than most Americans; they are precautionary principle-obsessed.Scottish microbiologist Anne Glover would...
read moreWhat's the one thing that could make anti-science progressives dislike genetic modifications and medicine even more than they do now? Putting them both together. read...
read moreA French court on Monday said a French farmer suffered neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Lasso weedkiller in 2004.Well, inhaling pesticides and herbicides is bad. They are poison, even if a French court had not said so. It's what they are designed to do. That will be a real negative for Monsanto, the maker of the weedkiller, right? Maybe,...
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