Tag: life and news
Online courses, diets, and going to the gym. The science of...
By David Glance, University of Western Australia
One of the characteristic features of Massive Open Online Courses is the observation that no matter how...
The journey to the other side of absolute zero
By Tapio Simula, Monash University
Absolute zero is the temperature (-273.15C) at which all motion in matter stops and is thought to be unreachable. But...
Direct Action could deliver a useful outcome: carbon trading
By Alan Pears AM, RMIT University
There’s little point in getting too excited just yet about the details of Direct Action and its merits (or...
Mom’s prenatal hardship turns baby’s genes on and off
By Suzanne King, McGill University
In January 1998 five days of freezing rain collapsed the electrical grid of the Canadian province of Québec. The storm...
Northern soul trademark win shows music subcultures belong to fans
By Enrico Bonadio, City University London
Some good news for soul music lovers from an unlikely source: a recent trademark decision by the UK’s Intellectual...
Tobacco Settlement Funds Sprinklers, Golf Carts and a Grease Trap
by Cezary Podkul ProPublica, Oct. 24, 2014, 10:48 a.m.
A central tenet of government finance is that money borrowed over the long term should be...
This year’s economics Nobel is yet another triumph for the blackboard...
By David Spencer, University of Leeds
It’s that time of year again – when academic economics, thanks to the Nobel Prize announcements, is thrust into...
Stand by your Maine: country music’s Northern roots
By Clifford Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
This past June, radio conglomerate Clear Channel (now known as iHeartRadio) announced it was converting Boston’s 101.7...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
