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...This year??s Ig Nobel Prize winners gathered for an evening of funny and thought-provoking speeches at MIT on Saturday afternoon for the Ig Nobel Prize lectures...
...This year??s winners of Ig Nobel awards—centered on the theme of risk—affected a wide range of people, from farmers to bar-brawlers to bankers to expectant mothers. And it was clear from the continuous laughter of the audience and the dozen or so Nobel Laureates onstage that the year??s selection catered to the dual mission of humor and thought...
...This year??s opera, a tradition of the ceremony—performed between speakers, awards, and interludes of scientific experimentation—satirized the financial crisis and made clear that the year??s theme of risk did not only apply to academic experimentation...
...Politicians Value Values Voters?” The answer to that question should be a resounding “yes.” A recent Gallup Poll found that the majority of Americans believe the government should promote “traditional values.” Astoundingly enough, last year??s same poll marked the high point for opposition to government that promotes traditional values since Gallup started asking the question in 1993. Democrats may hold power in Washington, but it seems the country is becoming less—rather than more—socially liberal. Over...
Like Harvard, Princeton has implemented salary freezes, halted capital projects, slowed faculty recruitment, and offered a voluntary retirement incentive program for hundreds of staff—initiatives that, along with other budget cutting measures, yielded an $11 million budget surplus last year that will be used to alleviate this year??s cost-cutting...