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AAAS Policy Alert - June 12, 2013
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BioMed Roundup - June 2014
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The spirit of science and debate
June 10, 2013FREE CONTENTThis AAAS MemberCentral blogger got into hot water while volunteering in a science literacy class. However, hearing the arguments raised by climate change skeptics taught her, and her students, to find the middle ground, rather than resorting to the "childlike" stubborn behavior of digging in their heels. -
Update on NSF political science research
June 12, 2013FREE CONTENTOn June 7 the National Science Foundation issued a guidance memo detailing how it would implement a provision in its FY2013 appropriations bill that restricts the awarding of political science grants to those that contribute to national security or economic interests. -
Beyond the degree: What if there were no colleges?
June 10, 2013FREE CONTENTIf you think your education was entirely worth the cost, you're not alone. With rising prices of already over-inflated costs of higher education, lack of jobs, and the stress that comes with this scenario, college is seen more and more as not worth the cost. But is online instruction the answer? -
Bart De Stasio takes on toxic algae
June 6, 2013FREE CONTENTToxic algal blooms brought on by the increase in invasive species is the basis for the research in AAAS member Bart De Stasio's lab. He is studying zebra mussels which promote blooms of algae in the bay of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Ironically, he's identified another invasive species that can eat the algae without succumbing to the toxins. -
F1000Research journal wants to publish more negative results
June 5, 2013FREE CONTENTThe biology and medicine journal F1000Research is waiving article fees through August for papers that include negative results. Is this a bad thing? If scientists don’t publish an experiment’s negative results then other scientists can easily believe that the experiment has never been tried.