The Teachers' Unions' Last Stand
Category: Education
I know where you're going, but you don't understand. Teachers are just different. via nytimes.com Posted via web from...
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I write articles on science, medicine, nature, culture and other matters for the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, National Geographic, Scientific American Mind, and other publications, and am working on my fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion, which expands on my recent December 2009 Atlantic article. In August 2010, I'll be moving to London for a year to work on the book. I'll also serve as a senior fellow at City University London's MA science journalism program.
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David Sloan Wilson, pissing off the angry atheists
Category: Evolution
have trouble understanding talk of eliminating religion because it would make the world a more rational place. Eliminate religion? Good luck. It's odd to hear people sworn to empircal reasoning indulge in hopes so wildly unrealistic.
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Hits of the week past
Category: Genetics & genomics (incl behav genetics)
The week's best -- with new features!
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Neuron Culture's Top Ten from September
Category: Public health
That post reported the news (via FiercePharma) that Pfizer had tucked away in its financial disclosure forms a $2.3 billion charge to end the federal investigation into allegations of off-label promotions of its Cox-2 painkillers, including Bextra. ... Because my post was was one of the few things already on the interwebz before Justice held its news conference, the Google rush shot it toward the top of the search results.
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Dipstick: religious brains, more school, more meds, states rights, and dancing with the unwilling. Plus Ardi, free
This implies that religious beliefs and behavior emerged not as sui generis evolutionary adaptations, but as an extension (some would say "by product") of social cognition and behavior. May be something to that, Razib says — but it would be nice "get in on the game of normal human variation in religious orientation (as opposed to studies of mystical brain states which seem focused on outliers)."
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Morning dip: Obama on fascistic healthcare, Razib on religion, & other notables
Category: Brains and minds
As Obama explains, world leaders are puzzled that healthcare gets painted with a Hitler moustache. and other news.
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What the Public Thinks of Public Schools
Category: Education
Six months ago I thought this country was ready to deal with the serious problems in our schools. This new survey would suggest that's the case. But having watched the healtcare reform debate/debacle, I now have my doubts.
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Morning dip: reading, writing, merit pay, musical spouses, swine flu, and fire towers
Category: Brains and minds
On citing papers you haven't read; writing better cuz U write more; the merits of merit pay; placebo effect versus placebo effect; and for fun, fire towers.
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Afternoon dip - Zombie fire ants, stereotype threat, bedtime routines, floating plastic, and tree-climbing bots
Category: Public health
Speaking of pleasure: Having lived with fire ants, stepped in fire ants, laid down with fire ants, and been bit just about everywhere by fire ants, this pleases me immensely: Parasitic flies turn fire ants them into zombies. The fly maggots eat their brains.
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Overpaying for Educational Underachievement
Category: Education
As I've noted before, the U.S.'s health-care and education systems share some fundamental flaws: In both medical care and schooling we spend far more than other countries and get substandard results. Here's the latest data on the education end.
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