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An Open Letter to Scientists, Aspiring Scientist Types, Might-be Scientists but Not-quite-sure-what-it-means Types:Maybe you’re an aspiring doctor, or an aspiring pre-med, or you aspire to be an aspiring premed, but don’t really want to deal with...
In the same vein, Adrian Bauman, director of the Australian Centre for Health Promotion, notes that high blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as physical inactivity, are more prevalent in the population than obesity. "Yet obesity has captured the hearts and minds of the media," says Bauman. "And it's...
When the members of the French socialist Party held their summer seminar in the pretty coast town of La Rochelle last month, they discussed the sort of topics that only a true policy wonk could love. Does there need to be "a new equilibrium between labor and capital"? Is Latin...
The feature in question appears on the user's home page and looks like a glitzy laundry list. It chronicles every action a user's friends have recently taken on Facebook. These include the mundane: Sally befriended Joan, the boring: Tim now likes The Daily Show, and the juicy: John...
But tucked into the reams of data the College Board included with the new scores was some wonderful news: I was wrong. In 2003 I spent six months tracking the development of the new SAT. I sat through hours of test-development sessions and long debates - sometimes fiery, sometimes soul...