A New Definition of “Young Researcher”
The Royal Society’s science journal Biology Letters has published a most unusual paper: it was researched and written by a group of children aged 8-10. Simply titled Blackawton Bees, it is the product of 25 U.K. students who worked with neuroscientists to collect data on whether bumblebees could be trained to learn which flowers to forage from by using color and pattern cues. Read More »
Iatrogenic Legal Assistance?
Harvard Professors Jim Greiner and Cassandra Pattanayak have posted a remarkable randomized experiment (“What Difference Representation?”) with evidence showing that offers for free legal representation from the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB) ended up hurting unemployment claimants. Read More »
The FCC Tries Its Own Race to the Top
The FCC seems to have taken note of the Department of Education’s controversial Race to the Top program. Read More »
Year-End Tax Planning To-Do List
A check-list of things to take care of before December 31 to make sure you minimize your tax bill. Read More »
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