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Don't Trust Experts'Forecasts, Study Suggests
A study about predicting the outcome of actual conflicts found that the forecasts of experts who use their unaided judgment are little better than those of novices, according to a new study. When presented with actual crises, such as a disguised version of a 1970s border dispute between Iraq and Syria and an unfolding dispute between football players and management, experts were able to forecast the decisions the parties made in only 32% of the cases, little better than the 29% scored by undergraduate students. Chance guesses at the outcomes would be right 28% of the time. The Writings of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Companion to a past exhibit at the Springfield Library (Massachusetts) on "Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), the child of slaves, [who] was the first African-American writer to achieve widespread recognition for his literature and poetry."Features descriptions of and images of some of Dunbar's works, related links (some broken), and suggested reading. 8-Bit Comedy Goes Prime Time With Code MonkeysCartoon
Relive the magic of those pixelated, old-school '80s games with the G4 TV's trippy new comedy. 2, 4, 6, 8 - team oxygen
Nature described this finding as “surprising, elegant, and entirely useless”. Well, the journal is half right. Solid elemental oxygen is not thought to exist anywhere on earth or even elsewhere in the universe under the immense pressures created by Malcolm McMahon and Paul Loubeyre. They and their colleagues put the squeeze on solid oxygen, which [...] American Library Association: Human Resource Development and Recruitme
This mission of this office of the American Library Association (ALA) "is to facilitate the development of librarianship as a profession."The site provides links and information about careers in libraries (including librarians and support staff), education and professional development, the ALA scholarship program, library employment resources, and related material. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Honor America's Veterans at Battlefields and Military Parks Preserved
This presentation suggests honoring U.S. military veterans on Veteran's Day by visiting a national park "that commemorates where they fought and served their country."Features annotated links to websites for parks that preserve battlefields and other military themes, listed by wars such as the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and World War II. Also includes listings for military cemeteries and military history websites. From the National Park Service (NPS). It's Alive (ish)
Scientists are growing rat neurons in a dish to learn about human brain development. They're only clumps of brain, but they're learning. By Brandon Keim. Eco-Heating System for the Lazy
The guy who invented the Sleep Number bed creates a system that makes heating your home with biomass almost as easy for the consumer as pushing a button. By Gretchen Cuda. Life-giving Rocks From A Depth Of 250 Kilometers
If our planet did not have the ability to store oxygen in the deep reaches of its mantle there would probably be no life on its surface. This is the conclusion reached by scientists who have subjected the mineral majorite to close laboratory examination. Majorite performs an important function as an oxygen reservoir. Near the Earth's surface the mineral breaks down, releasing oxygen, which then binds with hydrogen from the Earth's interior to form water.
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