The Scientist : Are We Training Too Many Scientists? : After three years of postdoctoral work at the Mayo Clinic, Crystal Icenhour was ready to embrace the life of an independent researcher in a tenure track position. But after more than a year of job searching, and only a couple of job interviews, she was […]

The Globalist | Global Economy — U.S. Universities and Global Competition: Traditional assumptions about who can and should attend college are no longer adequate, if we are to remain competitive. Without the economic success that is the product of education, we as a nation may face a reduction in our quality of life in the […]

Yesterday, the Pratt Manhattan Library started the first of what I hope will be a very long tradition of hosting the September Project, we had a good sized audience for the starting event and 3 speakers. Professor Bencivengo presented on the Patriot Act and the ethical issues it raises. Professor Rabina presented on the recent […]

xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – COMPLY: Escher Bracelet — indeed…. these are some of the funniest cartoons i’ve seen in a while.

Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Yes, education, but what kind?: Reviewing specific programs, Carneiro and Heckman find that preschool education is highly effective, although with more impact on noncognitive than cognitive abilities. Schools are much less productive, and returns are low to increased investments in K-12 education in the form of higher salaries, smaller classes, and so […]

‘The Best War Ever’ Publicity Video: ‘The Best War Ever’ Publicity Video The publicity video for ‘The Best War Ever’ Much more accurate than P2911. ———- geeze, i hope we don’t get a sequel to this book, or this administration.

Yes, It’s Torture: Kevin Drum asks (rhetorically), Torture?: President Bush announced yesterday that 14 “high value detainees” would be transferred from secret CIA prisons to Guantanamo Bay. ABC News describes the interrogation techniques that have been used on on them: The first — the attention grab, involving the rough shaking of a prisoner. Second — […]

Computer,September 2006 (Vol. 39, No. 9): September 2006 (Vol. 39, No. 9) ISSN: 0018-9162 ——– there are some interesting articles in this month’s issue of ieee computer.

Your daily Rorschach test: Can you caption this? ——– ….. its icy.

Euroscience Open Forum 2006, 15 – 19 July, Munich, Germany: Prof. Stevan Harnad Moderator, American Scientist Open Access Forum Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal and Professor, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk Publish or Perish As Science is mere structured common sense, her means but trial-and-error made […]