As an alumnus of the University of Michigan, I’m embarrassed that Juan Cole is a tenured professor there, and apparently a respected one.
Don’t Know Much About History
As an alumnus of the University of Michigan, I’m embarrassed that Juan Cole is a tenured professor there, and apparently a respected one.
Don’t Know Much About History
As an alumnus of the University of Michigan, I’m embarrassed that Juan Cole is a tenured professor there, and apparently a respected one.
Don’t Know Much About Biology
In discussing AIDS drug prices, Derek Lowe notes that:
I’ve known some pretty good Brazilian scientists, but the country isn’t up to being able to discover and develop its own new ones. (Very few countries are; you can count them on your fingers.)
I’d never thought about this, but I imagine it’s true. There’s a reason that so many countries send students to the US (and the UK, and few other places) for their education. I recall a chapter in one of Feynman’s autobiographies, in which he described the state of physics education in Brazilian universities. It was basically rote memorization, with no apparent comprehension of the actual meaning or applicability of the formulas. It would be interesting (and sad) if that remains the case.
Don’t Know Much About Biology
In discussing AIDS drug prices, Derek Lowe notes that:
I’ve known some pretty good Brazilian scientists, but the country isn’t up to being able to discover and develop its own new ones. (Very few countries are; you can count them on your fingers.)
I’d never thought about this, but I imagine it’s true. There’s a reason that so many countries send students to the US (and the UK, and few other places) for their education. I recall a chapter in one of Feynman’s autobiographies, in which he described the state of physics education in Brazilian universities. It was basically rote memorization, with no apparent comprehension of the actual meaning or applicability of the formulas. It would be interesting (and sad) if that remains the case.
Don’t Know Much About Biology
In discussing AIDS drug prices, Derek Lowe notes that:
I’ve known some pretty good Brazilian scientists, but the country isn’t up to being able to discover and develop its own new ones. (Very few countries are; you can count them on your fingers.)
I’d never thought about this, but I imagine it’s true. There’s a reason that so many countries send students to the US (and the UK, and few other places) for their education. I recall a chapter in one of Feynman’s autobiographies, in which he described the state of physics education in Brazilian universities. It was basically rote memorization, with no apparent comprehension of the actual meaning or applicability of the formulas. It would be interesting (and sad) if that remains the case.
Hearts And Minds
The SEAL who escaped was sheltered from the Taliban by local Afghan villagers.
Who Woulda Thought?
You’ll all be shocked to learn, as I was, that men aren’t totally averse to seeing women naked:
Women were more frequently bothered by nude sunbathing than men. Just over 40 percent of women said they did not like seeing other naked females on the beach, while just 5 percent of men shared their opinion about nude women.
What would we do without opinion polls?
A New Broadband Delivery System
Via your electrical outlet. If this happens, it will put a lot of pressure on the cable and DSL providers to drop their prices.
Corporate Memory Loss
Andy Borowitz has a scoop on the latest NASA screwup:
At the Johnson Space Center, spokesperson Harrison Froling said that NASA scientists were “working overtime” to try to remember why the space agency launched the Explorer 17b on May 17, 1995.
“We are confident that the Explorer 17b will expand our understanding of the solar system and the universe,” Mr. Froling said. “We’re just not sure how.”