by Craig Marker | Mar 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
Apple Unveils New Product-Unveiling ProductSAN FRANCISCO—Apple claims the iLaunch can garner the same amount of press attention as a major scientific discovery, high court ruling, celebrity meltdown, or natural disaster at 200 times the speed of a traditional...
by Craig Marker | Mar 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
A study published in the Journal of American Medicaal Association (JAMA) put women who were overweight and premenopausal on four different diets: Atkins (low carbohydrate), Ornish (low fat), Zone (a balance of 40% carbohydrates, 30% fat, and 30% protein), and LEARN (a...
by Craig Marker | Mar 6, 2007 | Uncategorized
by Craig Marker | Mar 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
Richard Posner writes an interesting blog entry about college rankings, such as U.S. News and World Reports rankings. In an earlier entry I spoke about recruiting undervalued college prospects. Posner’s blog speaks about how students pick from the many...
by Craig Marker | Mar 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
The implicit association test is thought to gauge initial reactions of our attitudes. Creators of this test have looked at attitudes toward race, gender, and political affiliation. Other users of this test are looking at the clinical psychological applications. For...
by Craig Marker | Mar 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
The video below shows Richard Feynman, famous Nobel laureate physicist, sharing some of his thoughts on how science adds to the wonderment of nature.
by Craig Marker | Mar 2, 2007 | Uncategorized
A writer at Wired magazine set out to create the worst blog in the world with her blog of pictures of crowds. Her story of the creation of this blog can be found here.It is quite a relief that people are putting in effort to create blogs worse than this one.
by Craig Marker | Mar 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
Kindergartner Being Groomed For Line-Leader PositionBELLE MEADE, TN—Kindergarten teacher and mentor Mrs. Allen believes 6-year-old Gregory Hutter “has what it takes” for the coveted post.
by Craig Marker | Feb 28, 2007 | Uncategorized
Sam Harris has written interesting books on the topic of atheism. He presents great logic behind his ideas. I have seen it written (I can’t remember where) that atheism is in many ways where being gay and lesbian was 30 years ago. That is, people are afraid to...
