How To Gamify Getting A Tenure Track Job
If you are up for a job, and four other candidates are weak, your chances are obviously better than if four other candidates are strong. In the World Cup just completed, statistically there will…
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Wealthier Minorities Face More Discrimination And It's Being Blamed For Worse Health
Rich people are more likely to shop at Whole Foods, buy supplements, vote for a particular political party and...racially discriminate against minorities? That last part is according to a new…
Even In Science A Leap Of Faith Can Help
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The Plot Of The Week - Multiple Pentaquark Candidates
It is a bit embarrassing to post here a graph of boring elementary particle signals, when the rest of the blogosphere is buzzing after the release of the first real black hole image from the Event…