[tips] The Real Secret Sauce

2012-08-21 Thread Michael Palij
Okay, this is going to be a little touchy. New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has apparently discovered the substance in semen that can induce ovulation in those species that begin ovulation just by engaging in sex -- these species are referred to

[tips] Are You Ready For Some Foolishness?

2012-08-21 Thread Michael Palij
Hank Williams Jr, a country singer and son of country music legend Hank William (Sr.), is perhaps best know to non-country music fans for his lyric Are you ready for some football from a song which preceded the Monday Night Football. He may soon be known for this little ditty: |“We’ve got a

RE:[tips] tips digest: August 20, 2012

2012-08-21 Thread Annette Taylor
I found the press articles most interesting and might use this in class this fall--some of the articles took some very convoluted interpretations of the correlation paths. So by the time I read the live science press release it sounded like students may want to binge to increase their

[tips] shutting WHAT whole thing down, now?

2012-08-21 Thread David Epstein
I'm not sure whether this analysis has been mentioned in current reportage of the Akin remarks. The findings suggest the polar opposite of what Akin said. http://www.springerlink.com/content/wp5cnp43k6byxj4d/ |Are per-incident rape-pregnancy rates higher than per-incident |consensual pregnancy

[tips] Are You At a Party School or a Stone Cold Sober School?

2012-08-21 Thread Michael Palij
The Princeton Review puts out an annual review of colleges which include such important topics as what are good party schools and which schools have a lot of booze available. Here is an article that lists the Top 20 party schools and the Top 20 stone cold sober schools; see:

[tips] research methods activity

2012-08-21 Thread Annette Taylor
I am hoping that there is some collective wisdom at the well for me tonight. I was planning to use a couple of media reports and primary articles to have students compare the quality of the information presented in them. I had hoped to have students read the media reports; answer a number of