Random links
- Soon every faculty member will have a personal senior manager: Is this a good way to spend money?
- On management bloat in California's public universities: "Data available from the UC Office of the President shows that there were 2.5 faculty members for each senior manager in the UC system in 1993. Now there are as many senior managers as faculty."
- The idea we can’t debate abortion is unworthy of a democratic country
- "Yes, that Bertha Wilson: first woman on the Supreme Court, fearless advocate for women’s rights, feminist icon. Though she ruled with the majority of her colleagues that the 1969 abortion law was unconstitutional, it is as clear from her ruling as it is from the others’ that they never intended this to be the last word on the subject. Indeed, they practically begged Parliament to have another go at it."
- Eggs unlimited: an extraordinary tale of scientific discovery
- "Several research teams across the world have shown that the mammalian ovary is far more versatile than Zuckerman and his subsequent followers had ever thought possible. The core of this new thinking lies in the remarkable discovery of “oogonial stem cells” within the ovary that are capable of producing a constant supply of fresh eggs, or oocytes."
- Keeping Secrets Can Make You Physically Weaker
- "The research suggests that when you're holding onto a secret you can't judge spatial distance and you rate physical tasks more difficult than they really are."
- Wind farms lift the temperature in their region
- Thus saith the lead author of the study: "Our results show a significant warming trend of up to 0.72 degree per decade, particularly at night-time, over wind farms relative to nearby non-wind-farm regions"
French Kids Don’t Snack: Surprising Kids’ Food Habits From Abroad- Some interesting commentary on French eating habits and attitudes towards snacking
- Women overestimate effectiveness of Pill, condoms
- "With the Pill, the pregnancy rate with "typical use" is about nine per cent per year. With condoms, it's between 18 and 21 per cent."