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...read recently had nothing to do with icebergs or mega-droughts. In a paper that came out Oct. 23 in Science, John Sterman - a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Sloan School of Management - wrote about asking 212 MIT grad students to give a rough idea of how much governments need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by to eventually stop the increase in the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere. These students had training in science, technology, mathematics and economics at one of the best schools in the world - they are probably a lot smarter than...
...force from the beginning. We advocated for free speech and privacy in that venue the same way we did in others. But it was a struggle. The government was advocating for a second-class First Amendment and constitutional status for the Internet. That was very frightening. Nobody had any idea how it was going to go and I'm very proud that we won, 9-0, in a Supreme Court case called Reno v. ACLU...
...flip. This person thinks that since the outcome of tails is bound to occur eventually, there is a higher probability of tails occurring and thus bets on this outcome, even though there is no statistical change in tails actually coming up. “This is a basic human idea that if things have equal probabilities, they have to even out in the short term as well as the long term, and this is the crux of the fallacy,” Barron said. In the study, the researchers had their subjects predict the color outcomes of a roulette wheel...
...disappointing” number of student queries, Bourneuf said. Each day, the librarians answer from one to three questions, he said. Undergraduate Council President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 said that while he thinks the program is a “fabulous” idea, more needs to be done to advertise it. Bourneuf said he has requested that Houses e-mail their lists about the new program. He also said that HCL is publicizing the program through this week’s Yard Bulletin. In the future, Ask Us Live! may be extended to hours after...
...venue where woman musicians are featured prominently,” said Susan B. Marine, director of the Women’s Center. “Women don’t get as much exposure in popular music, and it’s important not to buy into the idea that all bands are male.” Marine said the pub has been a great partner in promoting female performers, noting that it co-sponsored two similar events last year and hopes to host similar concerts each semester. “It is a great way to work together...