Ditch Day Economics: California Schools Paying $35 a Day, Per Kid
In my coworker’s email this morning, from the school principal: Hi parents. My sources have told me that…
A Calmer Voice in the Mourdock Controversy
In this day, always important to have a calm voice when dealing with headline-grabbing stories that take on…
Docs To Tell Women if They Have Dense Breasts
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a law requiring doctors to let a woman know if she has dense…
Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Final Passage (Updated)
This morning, in mere moments, NASA will fly the Endeavour over San Francisco in the final leg of…
Top Secret Satellite Blast-Off Just Up the Road
As the LA Times points out, satellites will be blasted into space today from the California coast. I’m…
More Awesome Robots: The Cheetah That is Faster than Usain Bolt
As long as Marc Herman is talking tigers, we might as well talk cheetahs. Good mental health break;…
A Rare View of Education Reform: Embedding in High School
Covering education is like covering the environment: we know the subject is packed with problems, we know a…
Asia’s Changing Views on Animal Testing
According to a new report on animal research around the world, published by the National Academies Press, in a…
Ayn Rand Mocked and Reviewed
Yesterday Michael Kinsley posted this Paul Ryan Shrugged (that is oh-so-only-Kinsley) send up of Paul Ryan’s devotion: Paul…
The Joy of “Few-Toothed” Rats
Ed Yong’s piece on non-chewing rats would have been good fodder for our rodent-related Today in Mice: On the Indonesian…