Category: Links Dump

The Mentoring Gap for Women in Science :: Inside Higher Ed :: Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education “[W]omen do not perceive that they are receiving the same level of advising and mentoring as men.” (tags: academia science social-science psychology) On being a scientist and a woman : Where, oh where, can… Continue reading links for 2008-02-29

Confessions of a Community College Dean: Ask the Administrator: Suggestions for Research? What should people be studying about community colleges? (tags: academia social-science economics science) Buying a Spot on the Syllabus :: Inside Higher Ed :: Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education “The gift in question was $1 million to Marshall’s business… Continue reading links for 2008-02-28

quantum-entanglement.gif (GIF Image, 650×374 pixels) Toothpaste for Dinner identifies the first application of large-scale quantum teleportation. (tags: comics physics silly quantum) getfuzzy20183366080226.gif (GIF Image, 600×204 pixels) “Take Bigfoot. You only ever see him in campgrounds and parks: he’s clearly on vacation.” (tags: basketball comics silly) Stretching – Muscle Soreness – Injury – New York Times… Continue reading links for 2008-02-27

SMU’s Deal With Bush :: Inside Higher Ed :: Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education ‘”What self-respecting university would accept a censored library?” said Rev. William McElvaney, a professor emeritus of preaching and worship at SMU’s theology school, and one of the leading critics of the library.’ (tags: US politics academia stupid)… Continue reading links for 2008-02-26

Starship Kimchi: A Bold Taste Goes Where It Has Never Gone Before – New York Times “Three top government research institutes spent millions of dollars and several years perfecting a version of kimchi that would not turn dangerous when exposed to cosmic rays or other forms of radiation and would not put off non-Korean astronauts… Continue reading links for 2008-02-25

The Field » Texas Early Voting Wave as Reaction to Systemic Disenfranchisement Prairie View students shut down a highway in order to march seven miles for early voting. (tags: academia politics race US) Unruled Notebook » Blog Archive » Guilty of Plagiarizing Seventy Research Papers A chemist published seventy plagiarized papers in three years, despite… Continue reading links for 2008-02-24

sillybean » Translation from Aburt-speak to English of selected portions of his SFWA presidential platform[1] “I don’t understand why people on the internet are so mean to me, but I fully expect that my patronizing approach will bring them to their senses.” (tags: SF writing silly politics) Why We Banned Legos – Volume 21 No.… Continue reading links for 2008-02-23

Scientists probe fireballs with X-rays – physicsworld.com “Theories put forward so far suggest that this “ball lightning” is either a moving electrical discharge or that it is some kind of self-contained object. Now, research from an Israeli group is making the latter seem more likely. “ (tags: physics science news experiment) The 2008 Tournament of… Continue reading links for 2008-02-22

xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe “What do you want me to do? LEAVE?” (tags: comics internet silly) Researchers create ‘self-healing’ rubber – physicsworld.com “If the material is snapped in half, the two torn pieces can be made to mend themselves simply by bringing the broken surfaces… Continue reading links for 2008-02-21

Can Scientists Dance? — Bohannon 319 (5865): 905b — Science A contest to see who could do the best interpretive dance based on their Ph.D. thesis. (tags: academia music science video silly) Conservatives Just Aren’t Into Academe, Study Finds – Chronicle.com “Conservative students, however, put more value on personal achievement and orderliness, and on practical… Continue reading links for 2008-02-20