Asking the Right Questions: An Interview with Alison Johnson UCLA Center for the Study of Women Science & Medicine A goal of the Chemical Entanglements blog is to tell stories that reveal how exposure is not something rare and exceptional, but something that happens to almost every person’s body every day, with a...
Chemical Entanglements: An Introduction UCLA Center for the Study of Women Science & Medicine In the mid-20th Century, the mantra “better living through chemistry” emerged as a guiding principle for American industrial production and consumer culture. Decades on, alarming questions about the...
The Motion of the Ocean: Sex in the Sea and the Fascinating Life of Ocean Babies Erin Satterthwaite Science & Medicine Why do ocean sex and babies matter? Marine animals getting it on may sound like the plot for a comical romance novel, but the “motion of the ocean, in the ocean” is key to human welfare....
Retrofuturism Paul Kirkham Arts & Culture, Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine It is very difficult to predict the future—if it was easy the list of the extremely nouveau riche would be headed by clairvoyants rather than entrepreneurs. But some things look remarkably prescient:...
Why You Should Make Sure You’re Sick Enough for the ER Mark Wien Science & Medicine The healthcare system is one of the most confusing and difficult-to-navigate industries that exists. Healthcare makes up the greatest percentage of the US gross domestic product, with over $3 trillion in...
Are Warming Temperatures a Scientific Consensus or Hoax? It Depends on Your Political Party Erik Kojola Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine Riley Dunlap, Aaron McCright, and Jerrod Yarosh, “The Political Divide on Climate Change: Partisan Polarization Widens in the U.S.,” Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable...
What Makes Research Excellent? Toni Pustovrh Academia, Science & Medicine What makes research excellent? Digging into the measures aimed at quantifying and promoting research excellence. In modern societies, scientific and technological (S&T) developments are generally regarded...
