I just reading finished the cover story of the May Atlantic Monthly , which asks the question "Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?" Fac...
"The 'Nothing' of Reality"
A recent dust-up between physicist/author Lawrence Krauss and philosopher of science David Albert should be of interest to anyone who studie...
History of Science / STS in Singapore
Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort by Moshe Safdie Architects in Singapore. I recently took a trip to Singapore, which is a great plac...
JAS-BIO 2012
Hard to believe it has been a year since I reported on the Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology, (see here ). This year's ...
STS and the Spectre of ELSI
A spectre is haunting STS, the spectre of ELSI. Or perhaps not. Lukas's last post and Hank's comment (including the Winfried Flu...
The Marketplace of Ideas
David Brooks wrote a column in today's NY Times about the deplorable state of higher education in the United States. " Colleg...
23andMe: Genetic Testing or Bioprospecting?
This week, the Harvard Program on Science, Technology, & Society held the latest installment in its Science and Democracy Lecture Serie...
Environmental History & History of Science: The New Synthesis?
Alpine lake with wildflowers in Switzerland, a natural environment manicured by grazing ungulates. Yesterday, I had the pleasure to ...
Lovecraft, Science, and Epistemic Subcultures
For my first post, I want to build on discussions about literature and science that Hank, Joanna, and Dan had earlier, here and here . H. P...
Evidence of the Normalization of American Science
I have only watched a few episodes of The Big Bang Theory on CBS (and don't plan to watch more), but I suppose that a show like this i...
On the Very Idea of Ontologies
In giving up the dualism of scheme and world, we do not give up the world, but reestablish unmediated touch with the familiar objects whose ...
Feathered Dinosaurs
An artist's rendering of Yutyrannus huali, a feathered dinosaur recently discovered in China. I wanted to alert everyone to an a...
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