Artificial skin
Victor is doing some research on artificial skin for a school project, and he found this link, which he sent along to me, writing “Ghost in the Shell: Closer than we think?”. What we’re trying to do is...
View ArticleTesting whether incentive pay for teachers improves student outcomes
A post up at Marginal Revolution summarizes a new paper by Karthik Muralidharan and Venkatesh Sundararaman, examining whether incentive pay for teachers (PDF) improves student performance: 1) Evidence...
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More background on that broken hockey stick
I don’t want to sound like a climate crank — there are more than enough of them out there, on both sides of the issue — and I’m still very much of the opinion that the question of anthropogenic global...
View ArticleFelicia Day interview in Wired
Felicia Day, creator of The Guild, interviewed by Gus Mastrapa: Felicia Day’s stardom wasn’t handed down to her from on high by Hollywood. She’s guest-starred on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and House, but...
View ArticleA different approach to healthcare reform
“John Galt” has a different suggestion for fixing what ails the American healthcare field: We have some real problems: Bizarre incentives that have led to runaway costs. Rescission. An employer...
View ArticleIf you like bad drivers, you’ll enjoy this collection
Twelve stupid car crashes, including this one, which illustrates that you don’t need to be travelling fast to flip your vehicle: H/T to Lois McMaster Bujold, “Whom the Internet has lately taught the...
View ArticleCalling it “bubbly” is highly appropriate
According to a recent study, the bubbles in Champagne do more than just tickle your nose: Research shows there are up to 30 times more flavour-enhancing chemicals in the bubbles than in the rest of the...
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A broken hockey stick graph
The red line in the following graph should be familiar to you, if you’ve been following the Global Warming/Climate Change debate: The trick here is the black line: A comparison of Yamal RCS...
View ArticleThe Guild, Season 3 Episode 5
Video: Season 3 – Episode 5: Application'd Related posts: The Guild, Season 3 Episode 3 The Guild, Season 3 Episode 4 Reducing the NFL pre-season
View ArticleQotD: Confessions
Whew, I’m pooped. Jimmy Carter has got me run ragged with all the hating I’m supposed to do. Jimmy says I’m a racist because I oppose President Obama’s health care reform program. Even Jimmy Carter...
View ArticleQotD: Gambling on CO2 reduction
There is a real and growing prospect of an all-out trade war being waged in the name of climate change. The struggle to generate international agreement on a carbon deal has created a desire to punish...
View ArticleVikings get last-second TD to beat 49ers, 27-24
The Minnesota Vikings moved to a 3-0 record on the season with a squeaked-out victory against the San Francisco 49ers yesterday. I got to watch most of the game, until the two-minute warning, when Fox...
View ArticleRandom links of possible interest
More on the ongoing ammunition shortage in the US, as manufacturers are still unable to produce enough to satisfy demand. Police at G20 take trophy photo including arrested protester handcuffed and...
View ArticleYou know the stories about “they built ’em better in the old days”?
Here’s an interesting video from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), pitting a 2009 sedan against a 1959 model at a combined speed of 80 mph: In the 50 years since US insurers organized...
View ArticleBritish libraries now afraid to lend scissors to patrons
The staff at the Holborn Library in London are apparently very worried about the risk of being attacked by library patrons, so they won’t even lend scissors: Lorna Watts, 26, a self-employed...
View ArticleThose confusing/conflicting Arctic ice stories
How can it be that on one day, we’re told that the Arctic is thawing at an unprecedented rate, yet the next day we’re told that the ice is twice as thick as predicted? Lawrence Solomon tries to sort...
View ArticleRick Mercer explains voter apathy
Rick Mercer has diagnosed the real reason nobody really wants a fall election in Canada: It may be a myth that the Inuit have 100 different words to describe snow; it is an absolute truth that people...
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You like paintball? You’ll love this . . .
Armourgeddon: Tank Battles New Special Price: £80 per head, per package The Commander’s Challenge (3 man crew): Take it in turns to negotiate the tricky tank course set in a World War II bombing range....
View ArticleQotD: CanLit
Canadian literature (or CanLit, as some insist) has gradually become a genre of its own- one of books that are bleak, desperate, *meaningful*, and above all, dull. Jesse Brown, “You and the Pirates”,...
View ArticleHonda decides it’s sick of being seen as a cool company
Honda has introduced something to help it shed that coolness factor that’s been bothering it for a while. I guess they figured that Segway shouldn’t be the only company whose name is mocked for...
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