Posted by jillian under
science
Considering that I spent the first half of the week lounging in bed, I had quite a bit of time on my hands for reading. This week I want to pass on some items that were worthy of capturing my limited span of attention. For those of you who may share my lack of focus, […]
Posted by adam under
academia,
science,
tech
18 Minutes
How many times have you sat through a lecture, graduation, or speech and wondered when it would finally be over? Sure, you may start out interested in the topic, but after the speaker has droned on for almost an hour, it gets harder to concentrate. Don’t you wish the person would have taken the most […]
Posted by miranda under
health
Everyone is well aware that when men have a lowered sex drive, they can just pop some of those bad boys, aka Viagra, in their mouths and its show time. For women, however, there is no single pill on the market that serves as an equivalent to the male drug. Many women […]
Posted by lily under
academia,
policy,
science,
tech
so what do you think about this ancient concept?
Let’s say in the case of a land patent, if the U.S. grants a land patent to Mr. A for 25 years; Mr. A dies after 12 years, leaving everything to Ms. B; should that violate the land patent? (don’t worry about the laws, but what […]
Posted by jillian under
science
Search engine: Google Image
Input variable: “scientist”
Output pictures: men in lab coats with bad hair, a deranged sneer, bubbling test tubes, and sexy, sexy safety goggles.
Okay, the goggles are never really sexy. But what I have scientifically proven with this complicated experiment is the nonsensical stereotype that exists for scientists. And I resent it, because someday I will […]