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The number of Ph.D.'s awarded goes up, but most of the increase is among foreign-born researchers.
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A "law and order liberal" on access to higher education
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Noo they be stealin' my icecap!
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"[W]hen you're looking at consultants' role in the political system, it's always worth recalling that these guys operate with the professional standards of witchcraft or astrology"
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New limits on axion properties might suggest that there's no point in shining lasers into walls to look for axions.
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A short piece on problems with IQ as a measure of innate intelligence
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Imminent death of reading predicted. Blog at 11.
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"Surprisingly, not all of these are from Japan."
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Notes on life in a big collaboration, and the joys of Sudbury.
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"For a supposedly serious reference work the omission of an index is a major impediment. I hope this will be corrected in the next edition."
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The definitive history of school prayer, courtesy of Joe Bob Briggs
(long pause)
Y'know how dumb people look when they express the popular understanding of physics?
Are you referring to Flynn or Restak?
Neither.
The Joe Bob Briggs piece is just awesome.