{"id":2840,"date":"2008-08-19T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T05:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2008\/08\/19\/links-for-20080819\/"},"modified":"2008-08-19T05:00:45","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T05:00:45","slug":"links-for-20080819","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/08\/19\/links-for-20080819\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-08-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2008-08\/tau--ccl081808.php\">College cocktails lead to science career<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;&quot;I could mix drinks without measuring,&quot; Sacchettini recalls. &quot;Turns out that was perfect training for biochemistry.&quot;&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/biology\">biology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/chemistry\">chemistry<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/medicine\">medicine<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/jobs\">jobs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/drugs\">drugs<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/musicalperceptions.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/cant-even-win-dull-contest.html\">Musical Perceptions: Can&#8217;t even win a dull contest<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">We&#8217;re #2&#8230; on the list of dullest college towns in America&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/builtonfacts\/2008\/08\/basics_work.php\">Built on Facts : What Work Is.<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Force times distance.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/sports\">sports<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2008-08\/bu-pot081808.php\">Piling on the homework &#8212; Does it work for everyone?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;While past studies suggest that nearly all students benefit from being assigned more homework Henderson and Eren discovered that only about 40% of the students surveyed would significantly benefit from an additional hour of homework each night.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/math\">math<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/social-science\">social-science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/crookedtimber.org\/2008\/08\/18\/grade-inflation\/\">Grade Inflation \u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u0080\u00c2\u0094 Crooked Timber<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;I started off assuming (with no real evidence) that grade inflation was real and believing (for no real reasons) that it was bad; I discovered that there is no evidence of grade inflation (which doesn\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u0080\u00c2\u0099t, of course, mean that it doesn\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u0080\u00c2\u0099t exist) and that the reasons for thinking it would be bad if it did exist are pretty weak.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/social-science\">social-science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/humanities\">humanities<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/articles\">articles<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College cocktails lead to science career &quot;&quot;I could mix drinks without measuring,&quot; Sacchettini recalls. &quot;Turns out that was perfect training for biochemistry.&quot;&quot; (tags: academia biology chemistry medicine science jobs drugs) Musical Perceptions: Can&#8217;t even win a dull contest We&#8217;re #2&#8230; 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