From Inside Higher Ed, a review of a new book about the failings of contemporary higher education, “Academically Adrift.” “How much are students actually learning in contemporary higher education? The answer for many undergraduates, we have concluded, is not much,”…
According to the NPR blog: a report released by the FAA says that there were 2,836 reported cases in 2010, almost double the 2009 number and the most since the report was first published in 2005. And the airport with…
Every now and again I Google my name to see what pops up. Today, a pleasant blast from the past–a reminder that I was a spelling bee contender when I was 11. (Evidently, so were quite a few other kids!)…
I just learned that Google is hosting a world-wide science fair this year. Thought about entering, but you have to be under 18 to submit. Looks cool though! And makes me wonder…how many things can Google do?! >> Link: Google…
From Paul Krugman’s Op-Ed in the New York Times: Yet we have, for the most part, managed to agree on certain ground rules in the abortion controversy: it’s acceptable to express your opinion and to criticize the other side, but…
Remember the disgraced city manager of Bell, CA? The guy who was accused of bilking the city out of hundreds of thousands of dollars that went into his own inflated salary? Seems he found a new day job. And as…
From the Wall Street Journal, an editorial about parenting styles and cultural expectations. Sure to rouse you, one way or another. >> Link: Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior – WSJ.com
If you’re wondering what this wide-angle view of the universe tells us… …read on: How did we get here? : Starts With A Bang
Bicycling Magazine reports on Copenhagen’s plans for a bike superhighway. According to the report: Considered one of Europe’s two “bicycle capitals” along with Amsterdam, Copenhagen counts more bicycles than people and cycling is so popular that its numerous bike paths…
Scientists announced today that “life” as we know it may not be…well, as we knew it. A microbe was discovered that uses arsenic to replicate and grow (no phosphorous in its DNA)–changing the notions of what the fundamental building blocks…