We Are Biased
By Jesse Singal - Jan 30th, 2009 at 12:22 pmFrom Scientific American (unfortunately, the rest of the piece has to be purchased):
When making complex decisions, legitimate factors sometimes mask choices influenced by prejudice—so…
Posts Tagged ‘science’
The Nostradamus of Internet Humor Sites
By Jesse Singal - Jan 29th, 2009 at 10:15 amThe AP on January 29, 2009:
PASADENA, Calif.—Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., are trying to figure out why the Mars rover…
Damn You, Science!
By Jesse Singal - Jan 14th, 2009 at 1:35 pmLet’s strip a little more mystery out of love, shall we?
Thanks, New Scientist!
Who needs children when a puppy can provide a similar emotional…
Geo-engineering: Climate Plan B?
By Jamie Henn - Jan 6th, 2009 at 4:32 pmIs it time to start messing with the earth’s natural systems to curb the worst effects of global warming?
Over the weekend, The Independent asked…
Head for the Hills
By Nick Sifuentes - Jan 6th, 2009 at 3:40 pmDescribing the city as a “deeply unnatural and overwhelming place,” Jonah Lehrer writes a lengthy paean to the countryside in The Boston Globe, anchored by…
Stories About Santa: Not Worth the AP’s Time
By Emily Rutherford - Dec 19th, 2008 at 5:30 pmI’m in mild shock that the Associated Press has actually taken the time to write about the sex of Santa’s reindeer (if your parents still…
Female Brain, Not So Different From Male Brain
By Kay Steiger - Dec 16th, 2008 at 11:59 am(Flickr/hurleygurley)
Amanda Schaffer has a very interesting article over at Slate that debunks some of the controversial “science” devoted to the differences between men’s and…
Re: I Wanna See Movies in My Dreams
By Dan Kagan-Kans - Dec 12th, 2008 at 2:27 pmChalk one up for art.
I Wanna See Movies of My Dreams
By Jesse Singal - Dec 12th, 2008 at 9:32 amWell this is pretty remarkable and terrifying:
Researchers from Japan’s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have developed new brain analysis technology that can reconstruct the images…
I’m Happy Because You’re Happy!
By Jesse Singal - Dec 5th, 2008 at 11:15 amThe Boston Globe reports on an interesting new study on happiness:
Happiness ripples well beyond a person’s inner circle of friends and family, lifting the…
CNN’s Strategy: Cut Science, Environment Programming
By Kay Steiger - Dec 4th, 2008 at 3:13 pmEarlier this week, New York Magazine Daily Intel reported that CNN was thinking about expanding its wire services to “crush” the Associated Press. It seems…
Stem Cell Research is Back, Baby
By Jesse Singal - Nov 24th, 2008 at 12:21 pmFrom the AP:
When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to…
Humans Are Weird
By Jesse Singal - Nov 21st, 2008 at 1:40 pmThe Economist has a fascinating article on some experiments that appear to bolster the “broken windows” theory of crime:
A PLACE that is covered in…
RFK Jr. Would Make a Terrible Head of the EPA
By Nick Sifuentes - Nov 14th, 2008 at 4:55 pmRumors are swirling that the Obama transition team may be eyeing Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to head up the Environmental Protection Agency. Despite his left-leaning…
Strangled By Corn
By Jesse Singal - Nov 13th, 2008 at 6:02 pmEffect Measure has an interesting post highlighting a study that used stable isotope analysis (I totally know what this means but, um, don’t want to…
