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Gaps in the popular presentations of scientific theories
via Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science by (author unknown) on May 21, 2008
When I took science in 9th grade, I remember being disturbed by a gap in the story. From one direction, we were told about atoms and subatomic particles and how they clustered into molecules. From the other, we were told about cells--single-celled animals and single human cells, then multicelled animals, then larger things such as jellyfish, etc., building up to people. We even talked about...
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Japanese retailing is more efficient than most people think
via Marginal Revolution by Tyler Cowen on May 21, 2008
Kyoji Fukao,professor at Hitotsubashi University's Economic Research Institute,thinks so too. The team he heads provides much of the Japanese datathat go into international comparisons. He argues that the usualmeasures of service sector efficiency - value added per man hour andtotal factor productivity, which incorporates capital and labour inputs- are crude and hard to compare across...
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Farewell, My Subaru
via Cool Tools by (author unknown) on May 21, 2008
These days there's a glut of first-person reportage centered on alternative lifestyles. Some narratives can come across as self-righteous and self-indulgent. This book is not one of those. When 30-something journalist Doug Fine buys a plot of land in New Mexico and vows to live as "green" as possible, his self-deprecating, humorous outlook kicks in. He never denies he's in over his head....
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SLOCUM, An Oceanographer's Best Friend
via Deep Sea News by (author unknown) on May 20, 2008
Shared by kevindwhite "With the potential to travel 2000 meters down and a distance of 40,000 kilometers, the Slocum Glider developed by the Webb Research Corporation is the new bloodhound of the sea, an oceanographer best friend."On April 24, 1895, Nova Scotian Joshua Slocum set sail from Boston harbor on Spray, an 11 meter sloop. He was the first to solo circumnavigate the globe, 46,000 miles...
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One day course in reef ecology
via Deep Sea News by (author unknown) on May 19, 2008
Shared by kevindwhite Series of free online lectures on coral reef ecology. This should come in handy as I prep for my next dive trip.Deep coral biologists like myself are continually looking to shallow reefs for applicable paradigms. A new online seminar on coral reef futures sponsored by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies provides about 100 examples in a set of FREE online...
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These Supplements Are Canseco-rific!
via Portfolio.com: Daily Brief by (author unknown) on May 19, 2008
Shared by kevindwhite Joe Conseco has signed up to promote nutritional supplements.Jose Canseco: Baseball slugger*, best-selling author, admitted steroid abuser ... and now a nutritional expert?Athletic supplement maker German American Technologies has signed up the former baseball marvel and steroid poster-child as its newest spokesperson.After ending a career in Major League Baseball in 2002,...
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Google Doctype, an Encyclopedia for Web Developers
via Google Operating System by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Shared by SharonG cool!Google released an encyclopedia of the "open web". "The open web is the web built on open standards: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and more. The open web is a beautiful soup of barely compatible clients and servers. It comprises billions of pages, millions of users, and thousands of browser-based applications."Google Doctype is an encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone who has...
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Jamie Lidell’s Little Bit Feel Good
via Lost At E Minor: Music, illustration, art, photography and more by (author unknown) on May 18, 2008
Shared by kevindwhite Hot damn! Jamie Lidell knows how to groove.
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Spot the Contradiction
via Marginal Revolution by Alex Tabarrok on May 18, 2008
Daniel Gross's review of Sach's Common Wealth was bizarre. Consider this:Even congenital optimists have good reason to suspect that this timethe prophets of economic doom may be on point, with the advent ofseemingly unstoppable developments like....the explosive growth of China and India. Huh? What kind of upside down logic makes high growth rates proof of economic doom? Proving...
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How to Cram All Your Travel Gear in One Bag
via Lifehacker: Top, not Windows, not Linux, not Firefox by Adam Pash on May 13, 2008
Now that most of the major airlines have begun charging an extra fee for checking a second bag, National Public Radio's All Things Considered tackles the art of one-bag packing, interviewing Doug Dyment, owner of previously mentioned OneBag.com. In the piece, Dyment suggests that the key to a one-bag trip is making a list of your must-haves and sticking to it. In all the story offers some...
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