Steve Higgins is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, Steve is a real graduate student at a real school.
OmniBrain is now Of Two Minds!
February 28, 2007
Category: Chatter
Pons De Leon, and "Omni Brain: Everything you think, it is." I do like the "We do it in your head" one... so I think we'll use that as well. Here are the results: The winning entries come from Brian Levinthal and Mitch Harden - so, Mitch, shoot me an...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 10:28 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
I haven't taken my TA orientation program yet - and I'm sure they cover this in that class - but it looks like you can get into a little bit of trouble for cutting a student's tongue out. An Italian teacher has been suspended by her school in Milan after...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 10:01 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 27, 2007
Category: Music
You like science. You like music. You like psychology. How about all together? The members of New Waver met in the early 80s as new recruits to the Australian Tax Office. Over coffee and cards the teenagers discovered their shared passion for popular music, and from there it was a...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 12:00 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
There's been a bit o' lively chatter around the blogosphere about the present tenure system for teachers. One of the clear arguments is that bad teachers should be able to be fired more easily so our children get a better education. Seems nice right? But would it work? Here's one...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 11:23 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
Mind Control Pigeons poop on command.
Posted by Steve Higgins at 10:51 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 26, 2007
Category: Links
Avast ye matteeeessss. Check it out here....
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Category: Survey
As soon as the final graphic designs are in the winners will receive a t-shirt (or thong) with the new logo and slogan! Vote now... vote often... dig up your town members... have them vote as well! (ok really... I think you can only vote once..)...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 12:27 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Stupid People
One day, long ago and far away, radio talk show host Art Bell was broadcasting from his basement when his surveillance camera captured this image. For ten years it remained shrouded in mystery, but now we have the "NEUROSCIENCE VIEW" to explain what that blur really is. It is a...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 9:00 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 25, 2007
Category: Biology
I've pretty much ignored all the academic fraud cases lately since I don't know what good can come from getting upset/annoyed/whatever about asshole scientists who screw it up for the rest of us. But lately I haven't been able to ignore them anymore - they are really starting to affect...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 11:23 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
Ok just kidding but you should really read this funny post from the Language Log mocking a Washington Post article about spear use in chimps. The Original: Chimpanzees living in the West African savannah have been observed fashioning deadly spears from sticks and using the tools to hunt small mammals...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 11:17 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
