Silicon Valley’s Siege of Higher Ed
The new tech boom in the Bay Area isn’t just driving up rents in San Francisco; it’s also…
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Yo-yos in Space
Anyone worth his or her salt knows their way around a yo-yo. It’s a simple mix of kinetic energy,…
What Academic Research Really Says About Race and the Obama Presidency
Whether or not Obama serves another term, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ new 10,000-worder for The Atlantic will probably stand as…
NASA Discovers Strangely Familiar Planet
Image: NASA NASA’s Kepler probe has discovered a solar system orbiting twin suns. Thrilled scientists announced the discovery of…
It’s a Gull-Eat-Whale World Out There, Thanks to People
A month ago ecologist Leah Gerber asked our readers to consider a biodiversity conundrum—in preserving a natural habitat,…
Katniss Everdeen: Heroine. Warrior. Math Tutor.
The best-selling novel and top-grossing film The Hunger Games has been called an exciting thriller, a metaphor for…
Sharks’ Teeth Are Like Our Teeth
A team of German researchers writing in the Journal of Structural Biology have concluded that human teeth are as…
The Oy of Cooking
Over at Slate, Tracie McMillan writes about the trouble with having a prevailing food ethic that both glamorizes…
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…
Using Google to Map American Stereotypes
It’s easy to polarize America–minority/majority, Republican/Democrat, 1 percent/99 percent, religious/atheist, Simpsons-liker/Simpsons-lover. But America is made up of 50…