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Sunday, June 19, 2005
Week in Review 1(2)
NT Week in Review
Vol. I, Issue 2
Welcome to the second issue of NT Week in Review. This is the first full week of reviews so we have plenty of blog posts and news stories to discuss. Enjoy!
From the blogs:
The Evolution-Creationism debate rages on over at The Panda's Thumb. PZ Myers hits hard, criticizing their methodology and agenda.
Brian Leiter links to a website about grade inflation over the past several years. The site itself is pretty much raw data but it was made as a result of an interesting Washington Post op-ed piece about the same topic.
Read this from John Hawks and see if you are as confused as we are.
Also from John Hawks (and a little more easy to read), cats may carry a parasite that can actually alter the personality of people they come in contact with.
Kerim at Savage Minds (an excellent group blog, by the way) has a great post about the varying degrees of interest in the subject of anthropology. Personally, I've heard people who think an anthropology course is the worst possible form of academic torture while freaks like me end of with a degree (hopefully two or three) in it.
News to me: In the Agora blogs about President Bush's stance on stem cell research. The news: he's not anti-stem cell research just opposed to using public tax dollars to fund it. A step in the right direction, but not far enough IMO.
Is That Legal (written by a law prof from North Carolina) discusses plagiarism, academic honesty, and the role of blogging.
The Panda's Thumb has the official statement from the annual meeting of American Association of University Professors on the teaching of evolution. Nothing surprising, as the AAUP opposes any form of creationism being taught at public institutions.
Some headlines:
In a seemingly contradictory dilemma, researchers are trying to "save" a 5,000-year-old ice mummy, Oetzi, from bacterial contamination that has resulted in small bubbles to form in his bones.
A dig in London has uncovered artifacts that predate Christ. The 2,500-year-old piece of flint was found in association with the Iron Age Hill Fort.
The Sun Times reports that researchers have found the burial site of the 400-year sister of one of the founders of the Jamestown colony. As I wrote about in the last edition of Week in Review, the researchers hope to confirm the identity of Capt. Bartholemew Gosnold, who was excavated in Virginia.
Egypt may be home to one of the first glass-making sites:
Evidence at Qantir-Piramesses indicates that glass was made there out of raw materials as early as 1250 B.C., researchers from England and Germany report in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
Tom and Katie Watch: Looks like his religion and her conversion to it are "raising the profile of Scientology."
More opinion:
For a crash course in the history of the "civilization" of society, read Glenn Harlan Reynolds' piece at Tech Central Station. He raises the (sometimes scary) question of what the future holds for us as technology continues to change and shape our lives.
Also from TCS, Nima Sanandaji, an Iranian refugee to Sweden writes about her experience in an alien economic system which is characterized by a vast gap in work ethic and mentality. A must-read for anyone wondering what it's like for immigrants/refugees not coming to the United States.
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The Nomadic Thoughts Week in Review Series presents the "best of" from the roughly three dozen anthropology, philosophy, religion, and science news feeds that make up a part of Will's blogroll. It is published every Sunday night/Monday morning.
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