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The bill collector comes. “Science” candidates did poorly in the US election

Don’t believe us. This is Scientific American talking: " In the House of Representatives, just two endorsed challengers out of eight won, though one race remains too close to call because mailed ballots are still being counted." Yuh. If you are a player, you can lose. That’s why we thought it would have been smarter for the Big Science types to stick to their traditional position as referees instead of jumping into the fray with all the others. Read More ›

Would Hooker, Boyle, Pascal, and Newton all be out of work today?

The original main reason that science was so largely the preserve, for centuries, of well-to-do European men (many of whom were clergy or religious brothers) is circumstantial: They were available in considerable numbers in the right places at the right time. Read More ›