Evolutionary psychology, demarcation, and grand unified theories
Last week evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa published the highly controversial “Why Black Women are Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women.&...
Month: May 2011
The STEM Conundrum
Via the Eduwonk, I came across this discussion on STEM Education over at the National Journal. Steve Peha (scroll down and read his entire response) argues that...
Stuff to read
In the off chance you’re lucky enough to not be updating resumes, applying to jobs, and preparing for interviews this weekend, here’s some stuff to ...
Fostering Innovation
Another quick link to another blog. Check out Financial Times columnist Tim Hartford calling for more experimentation and risk-taking: I think our system for pr...
Unclogging the drug pipeline
David Bornstein reports on a promising approach to increase the number of drugs produced by medical research: Researchers in the foundation’s four partner labs ...
Complicated, deeply reported, long-form science journalism
About one month ago DC reporter Shani Hilton caught some flack for ignoring the poor in a piece on black middle-class gentrification. Rather than add to the cri...
Why scientists should learn philosophy
In a sprawling, dense, 10,000-odd word tract on philosophy in science that took me several weeks to get through, Michael Pearl suggests that advancing scientifi...