After all, what scientists really want to know is whether their hypothesis is true, and if so, how strong the finding is. “A p-value does not give you that — it can never give you that,” said Regina Nuzzo, a…
Science Isn’t Broken
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Good scientist or successful academic? You can’t be both
Reflecting on the plight of the early career scholar prompts Xenia Schmalz to draw up a research manifesto …It all comes down, then, to what is important to me as a person. I want to be successful in my career,…
Generation Y, Curling or Maybe: what the world calls millennials | World news | The Guardian
Titles – and insults – around the world reflect the reality of life for young adults, from debt and unemployment to overprotective parents Love the idea of “Generation Curling” – where the parents have swept the ice before their children…
@ symbol fame
Nice to know that Ray Tomlinson was the person who pioneered the standards for the “From”, “Subject” and date fields in email, but even cuter to know that he rescued the @ symbol from obscurity- who would have known that the @ symbol…
Three new free books from the UCL ‘Why We Post’ Social Media Study
This was forwarded to me as part of a mailing list I am on. I thought it might be of interest to some of the members of our lab. At the moment there are three books available. Here is a…
Aussie dad in US hangs out with his kids using a smartphone robot
Matt Walker made the best out of a bad situation – divorce – by building a telepresence robot to hang out with his kids from halfway across the globe. Source: Aussie dad in US hangs out with his kids using…
Interviews | GoCognitive
I’m listening to some interviews with Michael Posner, but there are so many more to listen to! Source: Interviews | GoCognitive This seems like a really good site for cognitive science teaching materials. The interview section has some interesting interviews with leading…
Mercedes kicks robots off assembly line
With customisation key to wooing modern consumers, the flexibility and dexterity of human workers is reclaiming space on Mercedes’s assembly lines. That bucks a trend that has given machines the upper hand over manpower since legendary US railroad worker John…
School dumps cut-throat VCE ranking
Students at one Victorian school will become the envy of all teenagers, as they wave goodbye to the ATAR from next year. Under a proposed new model, students at Templestowe College will be given the option of applying for any…
John Cacioppo: ‘Loneliness is like an iceberg – it goes deeper than we can see’ | Science | The Guardian
Social neuroscientist John John Cacioppo suggests loneliness is contagious and increases the chance of early death by 20%. The good news? It can be treated Source: John Cacioppo: ‘Loneliness is like an iceberg – it goes deeper than we can…