- Economy pinches the billable hour at law firms. This sounds like good news for consumers of legal services and probably many associates too. Right now, the billable hour encourages gross overwork and grueling hours of mind-numbing work. Who wins in this? The partners, of course. Now maybe that will finally start to change? Not only that, but the chill of salary freezes reaches top law firms.
- A 111-year-old is not only a brand-new dad, he's a tuatara too!
- Building safer, superior stents.
- Voodoo correlations in neuroscience?
- Is it time for the U.S. to re-think its educational model?
- The evils of partial boredom.
- A fast, keyboard friendly calculator.
- Robin Hanson and Russ Roberts discuss Truth and Economics.
- William Easterly just started his own blog.
- The 10,000 Year Explosion: Did civilization accelerate human evolution?
- Academia doesn't live up to its noble image?
- Cryptography -- it's not just for spies any more.
Friday, January 30, 2009
The Daily Dozen
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