On the Asking of Hard Questions

Janet posted a few days ago about asking questions of grad students in seminars and journal clubs and so on. This is part of a larger conversation that I’m too lazy to collect links to– Janet has them– about whether grad students should show solidarity with their fellows and refrain from asking tough questions of… Continue reading On the Asking of Hard Questions

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Confessions of a Community College Dean: Science Fairs and School Boards “From looking at the other projects, this year’s theme was baking soda volcanoes. ” This year, and every year. (tags: education science kid-stuff) Physicists Claim to Have Found ‘Dark Matter’ Again – New York Times “Juan Collar of the University of Chicago said people… Continue reading links for 2008-04-17

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Science Indicators: The More Things Change, the More They Don’t

Via Sheril, I see that the National Science Board has released a report on Science and Engineering Indicators 2008. It’s chock full of useful and interesting information, particularly if you start poking around with the tables and figures, which are available for download. This ought to produce all sorts of discussion around here, especially given… Continue reading Science Indicators: The More Things Change, the More They Don’t

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Meeting Announcment HTML Email Including the classic anti-quack essay “DRIVE THE PSEUDOS OUT OF THE WORKSHOP OF SCIENCE,” by the late J. A. Wheeler, albeit in a nearly unreadable format. (tags: science stupid medicine psychology physics quantum) Fighting Gossip With Graphics :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, and Views and Jobs… Continue reading links for 2008-04-16

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Questions for Mike Huckabee?

Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will be speaking at Union tonight. This has provoked the predictable huffy reaction from the usual suspects, but I expect it will be an interesting event, and certainly better than David Horowitz or Pat Buchanan, who I’m told were the first two suggestions of the students pushing to invite a… Continue reading Questions for Mike Huckabee?

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John Wheeler, RIP

Going off to a rugby alumni weekend generally requires entering a 48-hour news blackout, at least for me. Of course, the outside world doesn’t stop just because I’m enjoying myself, so I emerge from my fog this morning to find that John Archibald Wheeler passed away. The New York Times obit is here, and Daniel… Continue reading John Wheeler, RIP

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