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So, a study shows that research on mice is nearly useless , in some areas, for understanding effects on humans.  Or, worse than useless, ac...

Here's Leonardo di Caprio  on his upcoming plans: "I am a bit drained. I'm now going to take a long, long break. I've don...

It's 2:30 am in our short-term rental. A loud electronic chirp wakes us up. Again. and Again. Must be the smoke alarm in the hall outs...

The following quote is from Acemoglu & Robinso n's blog:  This is not to deny that ideology and ignorance play a role in the fate...

Chartist surrealism appears in online medical journals too! LeBron links to the following amazing chart of "excess health care spendin...

Veronique & Tyler took a beating for displaying a graph of government spending in selected Eurozone countries and questioning the seve...

The Irish should love the Greeks. After all, it's got to be nice not being on the bottom of the heap of Euro-countries. Yet they seem ...

A little over a year ago, I recommended the book "Red Plenty" . At that time it was not released in the US (I got it via Amazon UK...