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Science of Happiness (Pt 2) by Joey Patient Expert

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Posted Fri 21 Nov 2008 4:26pm . We're always working toward something bigger, better, more illustrious. What does this have to with happiness? Well, many might expect that upon getting to where they've worked toward all your life, the flood gates open to a deluge of happiness. But Ed Diener, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois, says " What happiness isn't Read on »

Science of Happiness (Pt 1) by Joey Patient Expert

Posted Fri 21 Nov 2008 4:26pm I spend a lot of time thinking about happiness. Of course there's the medical benefit: happy people live longer & healthier lives. Or on the flipside, with my mind goes my... of thought lead to the same station: happiness. Despite being sick for 3 years (and unemployed), I constantly think about my career, my friends, my contributions to society, and what Read on »

Science of Happiness (Pt 3) by Joey Patient Expert

Posted Fri 21 Nov 2008 4:26pm that can even begin to outline happiness for me, because all I've had to keep my spirits up the past 3 years is everything I am now, with no career, no extra degrees, no accolades... of happiness: Making enough money to lead a comfortable life. (If a couple of two grade-school teachers & their child can afford to travel to a different part of the world for months Read on »

"Happiness Inequality" and the Politicization of Science by Wesley J. Smith Patient Expert

Posted Wed 20 May 2009 11:26am illuminates the left wing politics that I worry now permeates the science sector to the detriment of both science and society. Britt mostly focuses on how happiness is aided... A Pew Poll measuring the "happiness" of the American people is out, and good news for me, people get happier as they age. But that is not why I brought it up. Rather, I Read on »

We’ve signed the Science is Vital petition – you should too by Cancer Research UK Patient Expert

Posted Wed 29 Sep 2010 12:00am The Science is Vital campaign aims to protect scientific research from government cuts A few weeks ago, we wrote about the importance of protecting scientific.... And we work closely with the UK’s Research Councils , co-funding many vital projects. So today we’ve signed the ‘Science is Vital’ petition , and we’re fully backing Read on »

Science, science, science by Craig At Balanced Immune Health Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 25 Oct 2010 9:45am industry professionals, regulators, research people, and marketers. One theme seemed to be repeated over and over this year: science. Industry leaders were preaching the need for science above all else in validating and propelling a nutritional ingredient to growth in the marketplace. Human clinical trials published in peer-reviewed scientific journals Read on »

Are science museums and science centers taming the thrill of science by imposing their museological agendas? by Thomas S. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 19 Mar 2010 6:53am Measured by the number of incoming emails and RSS-feeds, the big news in the science museum world today is a critical article by Edward Rothstein (”The Thrill of Science, Tamed by Agendas”) in the Arts Special section of yesterday’s New York Times. A century ago, Rothstein points out, museums were simply collections of objects: “And science Read on »

Sloppy Science Meets Slimy Science: Andrew Wakefield and the Dangers of Junk Science by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Tue 11 Jan 2011 11:03am by measles and whooping cough outbreaks, the thousands of unvaccinated children, and of course we parents who had to weather this spectacle. His study was always sloppy science. Pseudoscience. Junk Science. The unethical behavior aside, Wakefield produced a sloppy study that should never have been published, never should have been unleashed on the scientific Read on »

Halloween Beauty Science by Sarah B. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 31 Oct 2009 11:00pm Happy Halloween everyone! In honor of this spooky holiday, we’re going to tell you about a demonstration of a scientific principle that not only make for a good Halloween trick, but it also has application in beauty science. Water to blood The trick is to change the color of water to red and then back again to colorless. You can learn everything Read on »

Seed and ScienceBlogs Receive Awards for Science Journalism by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sat 30 Dec 2006 12:00am “12.20.06Â Seed Media Group today announced that Seed and ScienceBlogs have been recognized for innovation and excellence in science journalism. Seed is the proud recipient of the 2006 UTNE Independent Press Award for Best Science/Technology Coverage. ScienceBlogs (scienceblogs.com) was awarded Best Science Blog for Pharyngula, and Best Medical Read on »