October 2009
1 post
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August 2009
6 posts
Microsoft trying to patent studying evolution -... →
NYTimes: In Study, Online Education Beats...
From The New York Times: BITS: In Study, Online Education Beats Classroom Education that includes at least some online work is more effective than classroom-only teaching, according to a major research review done for the Department of Education. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/study-finds-that-online-education-beats-the-classroom/index.html
Security Fix
- TwitBlock Helps Root Out Spammy... →
Pentagon Worries Led to Command Change -... →
Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s Chief of Staff, Wields Power... →
Them versus us - Los Angeles Times →
From the very beginning of our national history, Americans have been arguing about the proper role of government. Put succinctly, the dispute is between those who regard government as “them” and those who see it as “us.”
July 2009
9 posts
“It’s hard to imagine that too-cool-for-school,...”
– The Beer Summit - Page 2 - The Daily Beast
NYTimes: The Irksome Cellphone Industry
From The New York Times: STATE OF THE ART: The Irksome Cellphone Industry By DAVID POGUE Unfair and anticompetitive practices include text-messaging fees, double billing and international roaming charges…. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/technology/personaltech/23pogue.html
“It is not a theocracy anymore,” said Rasool Nafisi, an expert in Iranian affairs...”
– Revolutionary Guards Crush Dissent and Widen Control in Iran - NYTimes.com
Doctors missing consciousness in vegetative... →
NYTimes: The Shuffle President
From The New York Times: THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: The Shuffle President By MATT BAI Barack Obama’s complicated, even eclectic, agenda suits our multitasking digital age…. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19fob-wwln-t.html
NYTimes: Governors Join G.O.P. in Concerns on...
From The New York Times: Governors Join G.O.P. in Concerns on Health Bill By BRIAN KNOWLTON Governors in both parties raised concerns that a revamping of the health care system would hand them costly new Medicaid obligations without the money to pay for them…. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/health/policy/20health.html
NYTimes: Drivers and Legislators Dismiss Cellphone...
From The New York Times: DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION: Drivers and Legislators Dismiss Cellphone Risks By MATT RICHTEL Research shows the dangers of distracted driving. But drivers increasingly talk and text, and state legislators have done almost nothing about it…. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/technology/19distracted.html
An Appetizing Reason to Take a Flexible Stance on... →
NYTimes: Walter Cronkite, Voice of TV News, Dies
From The New York Times: Walter Cronkite, Voice of TV News, Dies By DOUGLAS MARTIN Mr. Cronkite was a nightly presence in American homes from 1962 to 1981, guiding viewers with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America…. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/us/18cronkite.html
June 2009
28 posts
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Men prefer averagely shaped women - life - 12 June... →
Europe Lags as U.S. Economy Shows Signs of... →
F/A-18’s landing gear collapses - Navy News, news... →
Ars toasts English language as Web 2.0 named... →
Stephen Colbert Takes His Show on the Road to... →
Can science reinvent the economy? - New Scientist →
Revealed: Why curve balls are so hard to hit -... →
Science reinvents the economy: Predicting the big... →
White and Case Offers a Study in Why and How Major... →
Colbert to broadcast 4 shows from Baghdad - Navy... →
U.S. Lawyers Agreed on the Legality of Brutal... →
First ever government-sponsored TED Talks given... →
Obama: U.S. “One of the Largest Muslim Countries.”... →
Next Test - Value of $125,000-a-Year Teachers -... →
Across the Mideast, Praise and Criticism for Obama... →
Quantifying success of science stimulus spend is... →
The White House - Blog Post - The President Spells... →
Academic Earth - Video lectures from the... →
Fraud in science: Liar! Liar! | The Economist →
Inspector Predicted Danger a Year Before Buffalo... →
Hunks get more sex, but there's a price to pay -... →
U.S. Report Finds Airstrike Errors in Afghan... →
Women Bridging Gap in Science Opportunities -... →
Obstacles and Benefits Seen in National School... →
Scientist at Work - Viktor Deak - Where Art and... →
May 2009
35 posts
Judge Sotomayor and Abortion | SCOTUSblog →
Tenure and the Future of the University -- Clawson... →
“The only thing we have going for us that Hollywood and politicians don’t...”
– Celebrity Fossil Primate: Missing Link or Weak Link? — Gibbons 324 (5931): 1124 — Science
Darwin and physics : Nature Physics →
The Ultimate Lock Picker Hacks Pentagon, Beats... →
“The Treasury is “gradually learning” how to square the circle of showing that it...”
– Overhauling financial regulation: The regulatory rumble begins | The Economist