Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
The Americanization of Mental Illness
Monday, January 11th, 2010A Thinkin’ Man
Saturday, December 19th, 2009Why Don’t We Value Teachers? – GOOD Blog – GOOD
A new piece by Arne Duncan, the United States Education Secretary, starts out fairly predictably: He praises the fine, difficult work teachers do, repeats the sentiment that they “deserve” better pay, top-notch training and more respect, and so on. … Then the piece gets interesting. He proposes that part of the problem is that the whole system is stuck in the “factory model of the industrial age.
Nice.
Monkey Music
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Tamarin monkeys aren’t wild about human music but they like music specially composed for them.
Stem Cells in the Netherlands
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009nrc.nl – International – Opinion – The Dutch stem cell taboo
Unlike some other countries, including the US, the test tube creation of embryos solely for scientific research is prohibited in the Netherlands.
This is surprising when you consider the generally and the fact that euthanasia is legal. However, as the article notes, traditional Protestant parties can be quite influential on issues they care about, thanks to being part of all the recent coalition governments.
The Impulse for Morality
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Is morality innate? Is there a biological basis for it? Is it universal? The NY Times Magazine has a very interesting piece called“The Moral Instinct” covering these questions.
Elephant Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder
Monday, October 9th, 2006Check out this amazing article on elephant trama and how it is the same as what humans experience.
Drugs Are Good
Saturday, August 5th, 2006The SF Chronical has a fun little opinion piece about the latest in psychadelics research.
Who knew?
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006It turns out lactic acid is not bad for you but is actually the best fuel for muscles. The conventional wisdom that lactic acid production was bad is just plain wrong but ironically enough athletic training had already come to optimal methods despite incorrect premises. Cool.
Medical Marijuana
Thursday, April 27th, 2006The Economist has a nice little article on medical marijuana and the current regulatory atmosphere in the US.
