Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
NSF Boss Finds Friendly Reception in Appropriations Panel
Concerns about Chinese advances and US education declines, not internecine disputes between academic disciplines, marked the Hill debut of the agency-requested budget for the National Science Foundation.
About to Reach Your Mid-Career Point?
Transitioning through the mid-career point can be stressful and under the crush of ever multiplying responsibilities one’s professional identity can suffer. Fortunately, […]
Meet Dinglebat, P. Brain and Nutter: The Academics in Kid’s Picture Books
Academics in children’s picture books tend to be elderly, old men, who work in science, called Professor SomethingDumb. Michelle Terras argues it matters if children are shown that researchers are male, mad and muddleheaded.
Don’t Dismiss Brain Imaging as an Academic Gimmick
In a pair of views from our partner site The Conversation, two exponents of brain research discuss the utility of brain scan technology. Here Matt Wall reviews the promise of imaging.
Brain Scans are Fascinating But Behavior Tells Us More
In a pair of views from our partner site The Conversation, two exponents of brain research discuss the utility of brain scan technology. Here Catherine Loveday suggests that observational methods are still more valuable.
Does Marriage Structure Affect How Women are Viewed in the Workplace?
Twenty percent of households in the United States still adhere to the traditional structure in which the wife stays home to care […]
Call for Authors: The Social Science of War: An Encyclopedia
The story of social science and war is a long one, going back to the Roman military in the late second century […]
A Sheepskin Isn’t the Same as a Balance Sheet
The generation of knowledge by professors. The transformative conversations that happen outside of the classroom. The advancements in our understanding of society. How can you put a value on any of these things?
