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...million hands of online poker. Don't have time for that? No worries; sociology doctoral student Kyle Siler of Cornell University has done it for you. His counterintuitive message: the more hands you win, the more money you're likely to lose - and this has implications that go well beyond a hand of cards...
...beyond a number of individual Crimson accomplishments, the meet also provided key opportunities for the entire team...
...mostly of seashells, many of them pierced, with bits of pigment on them. It's always possible that the pigment was simply present in the soil where the shells ended up - but then you'd expect the coloring to be widespread. In fact, it's specific to certain shells. Beyond that, several shells contain different pigments that were clearly mixed together deliberately. In some cases, the pigments were of a type that is only known to have been used (in ancient Egypt, for example, so we have actual records) for body painting. "There's a sector of the profession," says...
...Britain's inquiry, Campbell said that blame for inadequacies of postwar planning lies partially with the Pentagon, which was "taking a lead on almost every level" and neglecting to look beyond the military campaign until Blair began "rattling cages." Campbell also cast aspersions on some members of Blair's team, describing that cabinet as a "collection of characters of variable competence." But Campbell's fiercest animus was reserved for the British press, whom he holds responsible for stirring up controversy over two dossiers published to strengthen the case for taking action against Saddam. "Evidence" in the second dossier, published...
Intelligence officials drafted the dossier, but Campbell crafted the forward, signed by Blair, that asserted "beyond doubt" that Saddam possessed WMDs. The dossier also suggested that missiles could be launched within 45 minutes. Campbell told the inquiry that British media sensationalized coverage of the dossier, focusing on the 45-minute claim and implying British targets. But in 2003 the journalist Andrew Gilligan, who worked for the BBC, said Campbell had "sexed up" the dossier. The source for his report was a government weapons expert, David Kelly, who killed himself during the ensuing bitter row between Downing Street...