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Monthly Archives: May 2010
More exploration of ancient culture …
The makings of a very large omelet .
omelet
More on criticism.
Accuracy when making criticisms is important. See this discussion, which is an extension of this.
The Landscape of Obesity: considerations of race as a factor
SciCurious has written a review of an interesting paper suggesting a correlation between obesity and city vs. non-city life. As usual, the review by Sci is excellent, but I have a comment or two to add.
Having read the review and then the paper, I had to ask if it might be possible to conclude based on the data presentation that “race” (and thus “genetics”) underlies the observed effect. This is because of this graph:
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Primary day!
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This year, primaries matter.
And so does twitter, apparently.
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Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
Today’s math curriculum is teaching students to expect — and excel at — paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.
The Sex Talk by Julia Sweeney
Despite her best efforts, comedian Julia Sweeney is forced to tell a little white lie when her 8-year-old begins learning about frog reproduction — and starts to ask some very smart questions.
Angiogenesis: A cure for cancer?
William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the supply lines and beat cancer at its own game.
Should you be a weekday vegetarian?
We all know the arguments that being vegetarian is better for the environment and for the animals — but in a carnivorous culture, it can be hard to make the change. Graham Hill has a powerful, pragmatic suggestion: Be a weekday veg.
RBF Tree
Genie Scott Delivers Commencement Speech
Fearless Leader of NCSE, Eugenie Scott, gave the University of Missouri Commencement Speech on Saturday. I’m sure they gave her an honorary degree for the speech, and I believe this makes Genie a PhD eight times over, earning her the name “Octodoc.” (And to think, I knew her when she had only one or two. Unidoc. Or Bidoc maybe.)
“Show me” you say? OK, no problem:
“EM is now passing into blog history”
Effect Measure, clearly one of the best blogs on Scienceblogs.com or anywhere, is closing shop. Go say goodbye.
Republicans = Dumb on Kagan
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