Thought for the Day (so to Speak)

Jan Strupczewski has been covering the stalemate in negotiations between Greece and the European Union (EU) over the next stage in financing its debt.  Things have now progressed to a point where one encounters the noun “default” in these dispatches. ...

Institute of Electrical And Electronics Engineers And UNESCO Sign Partnership to Promote Engineering Education in Africa

UNESCO and the world’s largest technical professional association, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), have signed an agreement to implement projects to support the engineering community in Africa. How People Arrived Here:...

Severe Declines in Everglades Mammals Linked to Pythons

The most severe declines, including a nearly complete disappearance of raccoons, rabbits and opossums, have occurred in the remote southernmost regions of the park, where pythons have been established the longest.  In this area, populations of raccoons...

Redirecting the Attacks on Apple

This morning Larry Dignan used a post to the Between the Lines blog on ZDNet to give “equal time” to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, in the face of the beating that Apple has been taking from two extended reports in The New York Times by Charles Duhigg,...

Group Settings Can Diminish Expressions of Intelligence, Especially Among Women

In the classic film “12 Angry Men,” Henry Fonda’s character sways a jury with his quiet, persistent intelligence. But would he have succeeded if he had allowed himself to fall sway to the social dynamics of that jury? Research led by...

Counterproductive American Express

I have grown used to the fact that American Express provides me with a summary of all of my charges at the end of the year. I am pleased to see that I can now download that summary as a PDF; and this is definitely a good thing, because the “interactive”...

Stockhausen Challenged By Description

I have been reading the University of California Press anthology of articles from Source, which I plan to review on my Examiner.com national site. In the first issue I found a transcription of a conversation in which one of the participants was Karlheinz...

Acid Rain Study Show Substantial Decreases, But More Progress Is Needed

Measurable improvements in air quality and visibility, human health, and water quality in many acid-sensitive lakes and streams, have been achieved through emissions reductions from electric generating power plants and resulting decreases in acid rain....

Gut Feelings Trump Facts in Accepting Evolution

For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive “gut feeling” may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study. In an analysis of the beliefs of biology teachers, researchers found that a quick intuitive...