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August 31, 2010

Marc Hauser and the fragility of specialized research

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In case you haven't heard , a superstar Harvard scientist has been found responsible for research misconduct, possibly including fabrica...
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August 30, 2010

Real vs. simulated wildness

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Just browsing the NYT archives and came across this snapshot of what young guys were up to for fun in 1987. As far as I know, not a single ...
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August 29, 2010

Music odds and ends

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- After watching the new video for "California Girls" (not a Beach Boys cover), you might be sad that Katy Perry isn't dead ye...
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August 28, 2010

When girls' only guy friends are gay

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We have a vague impression that tame times are more sex-segregated and wild times are more mixed-up -- the '50s picture of the girlfrien...
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Are there groups of courageous academics?

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Overall they're not courageous, obviously, but I mean relative to one another. Academics have some basic training in their field plus mo...
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August 27, 2010

Why Amazon hasn't replaced the college bookstore

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As college classes begin soon, tons of students will get fleeced at the college bookstore for new and used textbooks. They can usually find ...
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August 26, 2010

Falling American solidarity since the '90s, immigrant surname edition

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Here is an article about the decline in immigrants Anglicizing their surnames, which they say has happened within "the last few decade...
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August 23, 2010

No shampoo, and no problems

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I've been thinking where else to apply the back-to-nature principle, which goes like this: if we're disturbing the outcome of natura...
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Where do the art-lovers live?

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GameFAQs just ran a poll about what your favorite subject was in high school. I excluded people who said "phys ed," then lumped th...
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