Sunday, October 3, 2010
I might have to watch a Bollywood film for the first time in years? (Pickled Politics)
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Collaboration Beats Smarts In Group Problem Solving
You might think gathering a group of the smartest minds would make for the smartest team. But a new study says that might not always be right. Groups with more females and groups whose members each contributed equally were most successful at completing given tasks.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
U.S. Infected Guatemalans With Syphilis During 1940s
Robert Siegel talks with Susan Reverby, professor of women's studies at Wellesley College, about her discovery of a medical experiment conducted by U.S. government scientists in Guatemala in the 1940s. Reverby found that public health officials infected close to 700 Guatemalans with syphilis to see whether the disease could be prevented by penicillin. Reverby came across evidence of the experiment while researching the Tuskegee study.
It's Time to Tout Health Reform's Benefits
Jonathan Cohn, New RepublicMore than a month ago Politico's Ben Smith reported that advocates of health care reform were altering their public relations strategy, because the Affordable Care Act was proving to be a lot less popular than they had hoped. They would stop talking about its potential to save money, since nobody seemed to believe that claim, and start vowing to fix its flaws.The article generated a lot of push-back and, to this day, I'm not sure exactly what was and wasn't said in the meeting that generated Smith's story. But it was consistent with other reports floating around at the...
Following the Money Behind Mystery Attack Ads
Democrat Peter DeFazio is considered a shoo-in for re-election in his Oregon congressional district.� So why is a mystery organization running attack ads against him?� And who's behind the ads?
Foreign Policy: Roma, Europe's Wanderers
The European Union decided yesterday to take legal action against France over its its expulsion of more than 1,000 illegal Roma immigrants, but decided not to charge the government with discrimination. A slide show from Foreign Policy depicts people living in Roma camps through out Europe.
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