The SciencesSeptember 1, 2012
Safety in academic chemistry labs (with some thoughts on incentives).
Stories by Janet D. Stemwedel
Janet D. Stemwedel is a professor of philosophy at San José State University and an OpEd Project Public Voices Fellow. Follow her on Twitter @docfreeride
The SciencesAugust 31, 2012
Science, priorities, and the challenges of sharing a world.
The SciencesAugust 31, 2012
Getting scientists to take ethics seriously: strategies that are probably doomed to failure.
The SciencesAugust 31, 2012
Wikipedia, the DSM, and Beavis.
The SciencesAugust 1, 2012
Movie review: Strange Culture.
The SciencesJuly 31, 2012
Facing felony charges in lab death of Sheri Sangji, UCLA settles, Harran stretches credulity.
The SciencesJuly 31, 2012
Book review: The Radioactive Boy Scout.
The SciencesJuly 31, 2012
How we decide (to falsify).
The SciencesJune 29, 2012
Book review: Suffering Succotash.
The SciencesJune 27, 2012
Book review: Uncaged.
The SciencesJune 25, 2012
Book review: Coming of Age on Zoloft.
The SciencesJune 21, 2012
Blogging and recycling: thoughts on the ethics of reuse.
The SciencesMay 31, 2012
Is how to engage with the crackpot at the scientific meeting an ethical question?
The SciencesMay 30, 2012
End-of-semester meditations on plagiarism.
The SciencesMay 16, 2012
The purpose of a funding agency (and how that should affect its response to misconduct).
The SciencesMay 12, 2012
Is it worth fighting about what's taught in high school biology class?
The SciencesApril 28, 2012
Whither mentoring?
The SciencesApril 23, 2012
Who matters (or should) when scientists engage in ethical decision-making?
The SciencesApril 19, 2012
What does a Ph.D. in chemistry get you?
The SciencesApril 1, 2012
Who profits from killing Pluto?
The SciencesMarch 29, 2012
Reading "White Coat, Black Hat" and discovering that ethicists might be black hats.
The SciencesMarch 27, 2012
Crime, punishment, and the way forward: in the wake of Sheri Sangji's death, what should happen to Patrick Harran?
The SciencesMarch 25, 2012
Health care provider and patient/client: situations in which fulfilling your ethical duties might not be a no-brainer.
The SciencesMarch 24, 2012
Getting kids interested in math careers may require a hero.