James Badham
As senior writer at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara, James Badham is regularly required to write about science for lay readers. "I was trained as a journalist, not a scientist," he says, "so I often find myself wading through the complexities of life-cycle assessment, economics or nanotechnology."
Saving Whales by Putting a Price on Their Tail?
Scientists suggest that tradable harvest quotas may reduce the slaughter of whales.
Science Posters Given a New Life Online
A cool new project dubbed Skolr promises to spread the latest science farther and faster by bringing science’s ubiquitous poster sessions online.
Real Diversity Means We’re Not All the Same
The way Americans often squirm when terms like race and diversity are introduced suggests that even many best-intentioned approaches to these defining issues are all wrong.
A Better Connection for Refugee Plants
Software used to optimize flow for jets and phone calls adds a new wrinkle in protecting plants migrating due to climate change.
Toxicology of the Tiny
The race to know how nanoparticles affect living things is on, even as the use of those particles is increasing exponentially.
Power to the (Fishing) People
Pilot project democratizes — and hopefully improves — gathering of scientific data by enlisting commercial fishermen in the study of their local fisheries.
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The wage gap between the sexes in America has been closing much faster than anyone realized, but that’s tempered by learning it’s been much wider than measurements had shown.
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An effort to identify five performing orcas as slaves failed in part, argues one scholar, because there’s no legal precedent establishing them as persons.
The Perceived Delicacy of the Female Conductor
New research finds listeners judge symphonic music differently when they’re told the conductor is a woman.
House Puts Transportation in Partisan Crossfire
Transportation used to be one of the few guaranteed areas of agreement when ideology trumped pragmatism in D.C. But that’s no longer the case.
Pressure to Conform Can Inspire Creativity
New research suggests less-creative people do more innovative thinking when they are told individualism is the norm, and instructed to conform.
Better Super Bowl Makes for Better Ads
A lot of people say they watch the Super Bowl mostly for the ads. But it turns out a good game surrounding those ads makes them seem better.
Overseas Troops Finally Get Fair Shot at Voting
After decades of obstacles hindering the voting process, new laws will allow overseas and military voters to submit their votes in time for the 2012 election.
Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?
World health leaders announce coordinated push to eradicate or control neglected tropical diseases.
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A survey of award-winning children’s picture books from 1938 to 2008 suggests our increasing estrangement from the natural environment.
Traffic Solution: Make Drivers Less Lonely
Rather than moaning about too many cars on the road, the Ridesharing Institute says the real key to battling traffic congestion and pollution is filling empty passenger seats.
