Random links
- Faculty Pay, Around the World
- "A new analysis of faculty salaries at public universities worldwide -- designed to make comparisons possible by focusing on purchasing power, not pure salaries -- finds that Canada offers the best faculty pay among 28 countries analyzed."
- Y Chromosome Depends on Itself to Survive
- "Men and women differ by 1 to 2 percent of their genomes, Dr. Page said, which is the same as the difference between a man and a male chimpanzee or between a woman and a female chimpanzee. ... 'We all recite the mantra that we are 99 percent identical and take political comfort in it,' Dr. Page said. 'But the reality is that the genetic difference between males and females absolutely dwarfs all other differences in the human genome.'"
- New Energy-Dense Battery Could Enable Long-Distance Electric Cars
- Looks as though they may have doubled the energy density for batteries, and apparently may be able to produce these at half the cost of conventional electric car batteries. I was hoping that the article would say some of smaller format batteries of this sort but it seems currently focused on the car market.
- Red meat may make you happier, study finds
- Of course they do mention that this means only a small amount of red meat, and note that overconsumption can be as bad as underconsumption. "... other forms of protein such as chicken, pork, fish or plant-based proteins did not have the same effect."
- Butter v. margarine - which is better?
- An interesting note: "... growing evidence suggests saturated fat may not be as harmful as once thought. For instance, a study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that risk of heart disease or stroke were similar between people who consumed the highest and lowest amounts of saturated fat. "