Social Sciences

Not All Picky Eaters Are Created Equal

There’s no scientific definition of picky eating, but parents know it when they see it.  Sharon Donovan, a University of Illinois professor of nutrition, says that picky eaters do exhibit definable preferences and mealtime behaviors. The analysis showed th ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2015 - 7:00pm

Selection Bias In Publication? Minorities, Women And Republicans Are All Penalized. But Women Are Improving

A new study using a massive database of scientific articles, 486,644 articles with two to nine authors published in medical journals by U.S. scientists between 1946 and 2009, suggests that minority women are not double penalized by being minorities and wom ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2018 - 3:25pm

War On Science: Attacks On GMOs And Vaccines Reduce Trust In All Scientists

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Article - The Conversation - Feb 8 2019 - 11:44am

Weekend Science: Heavy Blankets, Heavy Forks- Why Is Bulky Stuff Now All The Rage?

I have a pocket watch from the late 1800s. Why or how anyone carried this thing comfortably is a mystery. It is bulky and heavy. I can't have been alone because within just a few decades there was a wave of optimization that can best be compared to ce ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 11 2024 - 2:52pm

Charity, What Does It Mean?- Sadaqa, Matlab Kya He?

their own interests- and then presents that as fact- is by all the rules of law, logic and ethics, ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 18 2010 - 3:32pm

Peter Singer, Group Selection, and the Evolution of Ethics

a remarkable shift in position. After subscribing to all the baseless assertions of gene-centrism, (that ...

Blog Post - Steve Davis - Aug 22 2012 - 2:40pm

The Intelligence Paradox

the microbial level” “...the inescapable component of all of this is the distinction in biology that ...

Article - Steve Davis - Mar 4 2012 - 9:25am

Psychopathic Philosophy Asperger Version Of A Core Question Of Philosophy

“ plays the game all the way ”, because admitting so equals not playing it all the way. Neither can the ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jul 23 2013 - 2:05pm

Famous Scientists That Inspire Me (And Maybe You Too)

the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. "  " We build too many walls and ...

Article - Ashley Cox - Oct 9 2008 - 4:24pm

Facilitated Communication: A Price Too High To Pay

judge.       There's more. Much more. But to recount it all would be to try to write a book in this ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jan 24 2011 - 7:42pm