More random links
- Extra weight an unexpected benefit in traffic accidents
- "for those who do get hit, an unexpected factor may protect against serious injury: being overweight. These are among the findings of a medical study of injured pedestrians and cyclists in New York"
- Brian Banks signs with the Atlanta Falcons
- "Banks, 27, spent five years in prison and five years on parole after being wrongly accused and convicted of raping a female classmate at Poly Tech High School in Long Beach, California." This was the rather bizarre case that 60 Minutes covered recently where after he'd been released from jail the woman who'd accused him back then tried to friend him on Facebook and then got caught on hidden camera admitting that the charge was false - but that she didn't want to give back the more than a million dollars in damages she'd been awarded from the school district over the incident. Incidentally the school district doesn't seem to be chasing after her to get its money back which is a bit odd since they now have video evidence that her claim was fraudulent and neither the cops nor Banks seem to be interested in getting her charged with making a false accusation.
- Unmanned Drones May Have Their Greatest Impact on Agriculture
- "Unmanned drones have emerged as a controversial tool for the military and national security apparatus. But in a few years, they may become ubiquitous over America’s farms."
- Empowering Women: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
- "Using a randomized field experiment encompassing 500 Afghan villages, this study finds that a development program which incorporates mandated female participation increases female mobility and involvement in income generation, but does not change female roles in family decision-making or attitudes toward the general role of women in society."