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U of M announces new Executive Vice President and Provost
Pending Board of Regents approval, Rachel Croson will join the University on March 30, 2020.
Lea Goentoro Tries To Make Jellyfish Regrow Their Appendages
Caltech professor of biology Lea Goentoro's experiments try to unlock how organisms regenerate limbs, which could have major implications for human health.
Reinforcement learning across development: What insights can we draw from a decade of research?
The past decade has seen the emergence of the use of reinforcement learning models to study developmental change in value-based learning. It is unclea…
Senior Trump official embellished resume, had face on fake TIME cover
State Dept. official Mina Chang claimed to be a Harvard Business School "alumna" who ran a nonprofit that worked in 40 countries.
You Must Never Vote for Bloomberg
His expansion of the notoriously racist stop-and-frisk program is a complete and nonnegotiable deal breaker.
People of color make gains in mayoral races across the US
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — People of color made history this week by winning municipal races in places their families were once ignored or prevented from voting, including a New Mexico mayor whose...
Better methods can’t make up for mediocre theory
With better questions, many reproducibility problems will fall away, says Paul Smaldino.
For Sale: SAT-Takers’ Names. Colleges Buy Student Data and Boost Exclusivity
For 47 cents, the College Board will sell an individual’s information, allowing schools to market themselves more broadly. This encourages an increase in applications, which can lead to higher rejection rates.
When Pigs Fly! - steampunk watercolor illustration timelapse
My first personal illustration of 2017! It's been a while and I've been busy with projects, but here's a new time lapse at last. It's a remake of a very old ...
Good Habits, Bad Habits: A Conversation with Wendy Wood
Early in her career, psychologist Wendy Wood noticed a trend: many of her colleagues struggled to get things done. Intelligence, talent, and motivation didn’t seem to matter. She set out to discover why.
'Parasite' Sets New Record for Director Bong Joon-Ho at Indie Box Office
"Parasite" set a new personal box office record for Bong Joon-ho this weekend, as the Korean filmmaker now has his first $100 million-plus global grosser.
The Trump campaign holds a lot of contests. Does anyone win?
The Trump campaign has held at least 15 contests since 2018 offering the chance to win breakfast, lunch, or dinner with President Trump. Supporters are enticed to donate to Trump's campaign with promises of free travel, accommodations, and an "epic"...
Florida State fires Taggart after less than 2 years
Willie Taggart is out as Florida State coach, the school announced Sunday, one day after a 27-10 loss to in-state rival Miami.
The first map of America’s food supply chain is mind-boggling
Most of our food is moved across great distances—and through many different forms of transit—before it reaches our plates.
Google to Buy Fitbit for $2.1 Billion
The deal represents an aggressive attempt by Google to bolster its lineup of hardware products.
Colin Camerer
“The sale of the 12-year-old Fitbit to Google is a reminder of how difficult it can be for a smaller device maker to thrive...”
An odd sentence. This is a good outcome for $FIT, not a failure to thrive (unless writers mean “independently”)
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