XD the annual winter Vegas trip is happening!
What better way to start the last year of the world’s existence than with a wee bit bum-ton of debauchery??? It’ll likely be intimate lodging too.
This will get me through midterm wave deux.
Scientists are from Mars, the public is from Earth
It’s a list of words scientists use when writing or otherwise communicating science, what the scientists mean when they use that word, and most importantly what the public hears.
This photo is unintentionally symmetric, racially.
This year’s Stanford University Roundtable was titled Education Nation 2.0: Redefining K-12 education in America, before it redefines us. Charlie Rose led the discussion among Salman Khan (founder of Khan Academy), Cory A. Booker (mayor of Newark, NJ–Stanford alum!!), John Hennessy (Stanford President), Kim Smith (cofounder of Teach for America), Claude M. Steele (developer of stereotype threat), and Reed Hastings (Netflix founder). It was a great talk that fulfilled my Stanford nerd desire! You can watch the talk here if you’re interested.
A wonderful panel
there is a nagging worry that there are far more consultants, bankers, academics and journalists celebrating India’s entrepreneurial zeal than people actually starting new companies. Take the latest figures from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India’s leading business school. Of the 314 graduates from its flagship programme, only seven started a business. An amazing 187 joined the gravy train and got jobs in consulting or finance—the kind of statistic common in rich countries which is now taken as a symptom of their decline.
Do We Have a Set Point for Exercise?
Dr. Wilkin and his co-authors conclude that, at least in these 8- to 10-year-olds, “activity at one time is met with less activity at another.” The findings, they say, may help to explain why so many children remain overweight, despite programs designed to get them moving.
Thanks for the qualification of “in these” participants. Cool review of some studies so far. Of course ending in the “more research is needed” conclusion common to all science papers.
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