Have you ever wanted to see inside a nuclear reactor? Here are some cutaways throughout time.
Eclectic historic science and art images from rare books and prints
Month: March 2011
Why American innovation will beat out China’s – Global Public Square – CNN.com Blogs
Sometime this year, the Chinese government will announce a new initiative to lure ten scientific superstars to research labs throughout China. The government hopes that if it offers a $23 million dollar award to Nobel Prize winners and other luminaries, they will relocate and raise the quality and prestige of Chinese research and development.
Source: Why American innovation will beat out China’s – Global Public Square – CNN.com Blogs
It sure would be nice if the US had a friendlier policy for letting graduate-educated people immigrate permanently to the US (especially those its institutions trained!).
New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien Says ‘Foolish’ Students ‘Vote With Their Feelings’
In a recent speech, New Hampshire state House speaker William O’Brien called student voters foolish and implied that they only vote liberal because they lack life experience
Source: New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien Says ‘Foolish’ Students ‘Vote With Their Feelings’
RE: In states, parties clash over voting laws that would affect college students, others by Peter Wallsten
From comments:
I remember this coming up when I still lived at home–whether college students should vote in their legal residence or where they attended college. More broadly, how much of a role should a largely transient population play in local governance?
— anonymous
The term “transient” population is particularly interesting case here. As usual, I have more questions than answers:
- Does the college town want to keep its graduates?
- Would letting students vote locally encourage them to feel at home – to feel engaged with and interested in the community?
- How long does someone need to stay somewhere before they are no longer considered “transient”?
- Where should a transient person vote?
- Why should students over the age of 18 be treated any differently from people with other occupations (such as contractors who will only be somewhere for 3-6 months)?
- Even if the specific individuals are being changed out every 4-8 years, shouldn’t the student body as a whole have some voice in local politics in proportion to its size/population?
Facebook To Share Users’ Home Addresses, Phone Numbers With External Sites
Facebook will be moving forward with a controversial plan to give third-party developers and external websites the ability to access users’ home addresses and cellphone numbers in the face of criticism from privacy experts, users, and even congressmen.
Source: Facebook To Share Users’ Home Addresses, Phone Numbers With External Sites