Ardipithecus and the research university Kevin Padian, professor of paleontology and evolutionary biology | 10/10/09 | excerpted from the Berkeley Blog Ardipithecusis the focus of a lot of media attention at the moment. New research discoveries made by the Berkeley faculty seem to make the news co[...]
Archive for September, 2011
September 24th, 2011 - 5:11 am § in Science
National Academy Proposes Ways to Save US Research Endeavour
(based on article in The Scientist) A National Academy of Sciences panel, chaired by Chad Holliday, former chief executive of chemical company DuPont and now chairman of the board of Bank of America, is drafting a plan ….. for “significant belt-tightening.” Chad Holliday, told [...]
September 23rd, 2011 - 3:21 pm § in Schools & Colleges, Science
The AVE Challenge: Who is going to win the Nobel Sunday Night?
About 9 AM Stockholm time Monday, the Karolinska is going to wake up one to three biologists and announce they have won the Nobel Prize. Thompson Reuters has their list based on citation, I call this hokey. Here is Thompsons’s list with my thumb added in an appropriate direction where[...]
September 23rd, 2011 - 9:29 am § in Misc.
Was the $5 Billion Worth It?
A decade into his record-breaking education philanthropy, Bill Gates talks teachers, charters—and regrets. from WSJ By JASON L. RILEY (Excerpts) ‘It’s hard to improve public education—that’s clear. As Warren Buffett would say, if you’re picking stocks, you wouldn’t [...]
September 23rd, 2011 - 7:32 am § in Misc.
Ave Challenge: UW History Test
Who called the University “University of a Thousand Years?” Answer[...]
September 22nd, 2011 - 3:38 pm § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Republican Party Demands Harvard Censor Its Faculty
UPDATE FROM 9/21: Attacking Harvard, and Professors, from Academe. The Massachusetts Republican Party has written to Harvard, demanding that they refuse to pay Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren for teaching one class twice a week this fall on contract law. Nate Little, executive direc[...]
September 22nd, 2011 - 11:15 am § in Misc.
Washington State: Laws for sale!
Legislation by the wealthy Last July, my friend Darryl wrote an important essay at HorsesAss. I waited till now to cross post it because I feel this issue ois one we all need to think about as the UW comnes back into full gear. If I may be a bit absurd, I wonder if we […][...]
September 22nd, 2011 - 8:03 am § in America
Should Miscarriage be a Crime?
Pregnant Women Who Lose Babies Face Criminal Charges In Mississippi, Alabama By Marie Diamond , Think Progress This year, the Georgia legislature considered a bill that would require women to prove their miscarriages “occurred naturally” and weren’t secret abortions. In a similar vein, the Gua[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Will the Tea Party Block Peace in the Middle East.
Obviously ANY Israeli leader must use all possible resources to survive. I actually would love to see the Security Council give Palestine the authority of a state. The scary thing is that Presidnet Obamsd’ ability tyo support this reasonable end may be politically blocked by the pressure fro[...]
Drop that Reefer and Eat Your Chocolate!
One of the goodies in chocolate is anandamide (from the Sanskrit word “ananda,” which means peaceful bliss). Anandamide binds to the same receptor sites in the brain as cannabinoids — the psychoactive constituents in marijuana — and produces feelings of elation and exhilara[...]