Some trivial about Nobel Prizes. What caused the marked shift from 1985 to 1995 in terms of which universities and institutions the winners came from? It's probably political, but what was it exactly? I'm happy to see that you don't need to be at a university to do prize-worthy work. I suspect an increasing amount of science is probably going to be done by privately-funded scientists.
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Pectra lets hackers drain wallets with just an offchain signature. This is the reason I avoid crypto. Changes can be made over which you have no control, and suddenly, all your wealth is gone. People like Elysium because it's newer and it's like being at the start of Bitcoin again, which you could profit from being an early investor. But Bitcoin's advantage is that its protocols are set (mostly). So people can't tamper with it nearly as much. The wallet is the vulnerability, though. Crypto itself is too fragile a mechanism to store wealth long-term. My opinion, of course, but stories like these confirm it.
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Tina Kotek insists that green energy will prevail, but her lack of action makes it so that it won't happen. Now BPA, which owns most (75%) of the power lines, and so essentially controls the power grid, has decided to align with an another company instead of the California-aligned one. BPA doesn't want competition and wants to make sure hydropower dominate. So plans for solar and wind will probably meet strong resistance. Too bad, Tina. And BPA is self-funding – it doesn't need Oregon's money. Unlike Oregon, which so badly needs federal money to operate.
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This is why Oregon's schools don't want to discipline unruly kids. We'd probably hit that "unsafe school" designation really quickly. Then the dominance of public schools and teachers unions will disappear.
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Lots of ruffled feathers amongst academics about termination of NSF grants. But take a look at the grants that have been terminated here. Do you think they should have continued?
- Advancing Indigenous perspectives to address climate vulnerability
- Culture Change for Inclusion of Indigenous Voices in Biology
- Equity and Inclusion in Open Access Publishing: Workshop to explore barriers and solutions
- Collaborative Research: Gender-Inclusive Open Source through Gender-Inclusive Tools
- A qualitative inquiry into sex/gender narratives in undergraduate biology and their impacts on transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students
- A Catalyst for Intersectional Gender Equity in STEM at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Reimagining Educator Learning Pathways Through Storywork for Racial Equity in STEM
- Spartan Adaptations of Best Practices for Faculty Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)
- Exploring the Participation of LGBTQ Undergraduates in STEM
- How Do Unrepresentative College Grades Shape Race and Gender Gaps in the STEM Pipeline?
Why were men hit harder by COVID-19 than women? I remember an early explanation was the difference in cigarette smoking habits. But it seems to be that in men, upregulation of IL-18 is higher, and there is more neutrophil activation.
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