A warm day (for December) with sun! If you're stuck inside, here are some links for you. Science:
15-minute writing exercise closes the gender gap in university-level physics
Science is not the oppressor.
A Compensation for Cold Weather: Higher IQs. New research finds that within the U.S., those states with cooler temperatures tend to have populations with higher IQs. (anyone want to get a copy and fisk this?)
Other:
Thomas Friedman, the High Priest of Austerity
Deficit commission plan would kill 4 million jobs, analysis finds
Sure, the government is just like your family: Dems have used this dreadfully misleading metaphor to show Washington media courtiers their "seriousness" for years
Useless Metaphors
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There are so many confounding variables here I don't know where to begin, so I'll just post the study, in the hope
W.A. Mozart -- just another hard-working genius
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God makes you stupid, researchers claim:
In 1973, a massive study of almost 400,000 Dutch men appeared to confirm what anecdotal evidence and even some scientific research had led scholars to suspect: The first-born child in a family tends to be the most intelligent.
How does the IQ-temperature correlation hold up in locations that have more established populations, for example, northern Europe and Siberia versus Africa and South Asia?
It may also have something to do with the apparent correlation between latitude and poverty.
There been any significant studies on disease in the south vs. north?
There been any significant studies on disease in the south vs. north?