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The number of Ph.D.'s awarded goes up, but most of the increase is among foreign-born researchers.
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A "law and order liberal" on access to higher education
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Noo they be stealin' my icecap!
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"[W]hen you're looking at consultants' role in the political system, it's always worth recalling that these guys operate with the professional standards of witchcraft or astrology"
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New limits on axion properties might suggest that there's no point in shining lasers into walls to look for axions.
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A short piece on problems with IQ as a measure of innate intelligence
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Imminent death of reading predicted. Blog at 11.
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"Surprisingly, not all of these are from Japan."
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Notes on life in a big collaboration, and the joys of Sudbury.
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"For a supposedly serious reference work the omission of an index is a major impediment. I hope this will be corrected in the next edition."
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The definitive history of school prayer, courtesy of Joe Bob Briggs
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