LED Astray
LED traffic lights may be the wave of the future. But do they have some unintended negative consequences? Read More »
Yes We Can? Paul Volcker’s Not So Sure
Charlie Rose interviews Paul Volcker, longtime former chairman of the Federal Reserve and currently the chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Volcker talks bluntly about fixing the broken financial system, compensation on Wall Street, the future of the American economy, and the Obama administration’s performance so far. Volcker is particularly pessimistic about getting things done in Washington: “The American political process is about as broken as the financial system.” [%comments] Read More »
R.O.I. on Cancer Spending: Better Than We Think?
It is commonly thought that the nearly-40-year “war on cancer” has largely been a failure, since the age-adjusted mortality rate for cancer is essentially unchanged over that time. But that’s a deceptive metric. Consider this… Read More »
Engineers Among the Terrorists
A study by sociologists Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog reveals that engineers are “three times more likely to become violent terrorists than their peers in finance, medicine, or the sciences,” as reported in Slate. So why the career change? Read More »
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