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- Re-Reading Tanenbaum’s Critique of RPC 30 Years Later https://www.bu.edu/csmet/2018/08/30/re-reading-tanenbaums-critique-of-rpc-30-years-later/ 44 comments
- Tolerance for Risk May Contribute to Gender Pay Gap https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/risk-tolerance-may-contribute-to-female-pay-gap/ 6 comments
- Extreme Heat Linked to Increase in Mental Health Emergency Care https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/extreme-heat-linked-to-increase-in-mental-health-emergency-care/ 3 comments science
- City Trees and Soil Are Sucking More Carbon Out of the Atmosphere Than Previously Thought https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/city-trees-and-soil-are-sucking-more-carbon-out-of-the-atmosphere-than-previously-thought/ 13 comments upliftingnews
- Women job seekers tend to grab employment offers quicker than men, but men’s overconfidence often hurts their earnings. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/risk-tolerance-may-contribute-to-female-pay-gap/ 5 comments science
- Interesting article: Bad Umpiring Hurt Baseball in 2021, Especially in the Playoffs. It’s Time for Change https://www.bu.edu/articles/2021/bad-umpiring-hurt-baseball-in-2021-especially-playoffs-time-for-change/?utm_campaign=social_main&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=link&utm_content=opinion 47 comments baseball
- For every year of absorbing hits and repeated head collisions that come with playing football, a person’s risk of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy increases by 30%, according to new research. For every 2.6 years of play, the risk of developing the condition doubles, the study finds. http://www.bu.edu/articles/2019/cte-football/ 30 comments science
- As the Climate Warms, Increased Energy to Could Make a Bad Situation Even Worse. Moderate warming would increase the global baseline amount of energy demands by 11 to 17 percent, while vigorous warming would increase it by 25 to 58 percent. http://www.bu.edu/articles/2019/climate-change-increased-energy-needs-air-conditioning/ 13 comments science
- Toward Diagnosing CTE in Living People - An experimental PET (positron emission tomography) scan on living people is able to detect abnormal brain tissue—called tau protein—in patterns similar to those found in the brains of deceased NFL players diagnosed with CTE after death. https://www.bu.edu/research/articles/toward-cte-diagnosis-in-living-people/ 3 comments science
- New Data Shows Younger MLB Umpires Call Balls and Strikes Better; Umps Make 14 Incorrect Pitch Calls Per Game https://www.bu.edu/today/2019/mlb-umpires-strike-zone-accuracy/ 60 comments baseball
- Mechanical engineers at Boston University have developed an “acoustic metamaterial” that can cancel 94% of sound https://www.bu.edu/research/articles/researchers-develop-acoustic-metamaterial-noise-cancellation-device/ 19 comments technology
- Mechanical engineers at Boston University have developed an “acoustic metamaterial” that can cancel 94% of sound https://www.bu.edu/research/articles/researchers-develop-acoustic-metamaterial-noise-cancellation-device/ 441 comments science
- In the Fake News Era, Native Ads Are Muddying the Waters - Online experiment finds that less than 1 in 10 people can tell sponsored content from an article https://www.bu.edu/research/articles/native-advertising-in-fake-news-era/ 20 comments technology
- Researchers have found that states with higher levels of household gun ownership also have higher overall youth suicide rates, with every 10 percentage-point increase in household gun ownership associated with a 26.9 percent increase in the youth suicide rate. https://www.bu.edu/sph/2019/01/17/youth-suicides-more-prevalent-in-states-with-higher-gun-ownership/ 8 comments science
- Gene Linked to Severe CTE Symptoms http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/severity-of-cte-symptoms-genetics-influenced/ 6 comments nfl
- Why Some People Develop More Severe CTE Symptoms Than Others https://www.bu.edu/today/2018/severity-of-cte-symptoms-genetics-influenced/ 6 comments nfl
- Study suggests that playing youth tackle football may lead to earlier onset of cognitive, behavior, and mood symptoms in later life. http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/youth-football-linked-to-earlier-brain-problems/ 8 comments science
- At-Home Genetic Testing Leads to Misinterpretations of Results http://www.bu.edu/sph/2018/02/20/at-home-genetic-testing-leads-to-misinterpretations-of-results/ 17 comments science
- Marijuana Use Does Not Lower Chances of Getting Pregnant https://www.bu.edu/research/articles/marijuana-use-and-chances-of-pregnancy/ 3 comments nottheonion
- Marijuana Use Does Not Lower Chances of Getting Pregnant https://www.bu.edu/research/articles/marijuana-use-and-chances-of-pregnancy/ 2052 comments science
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) results from head injuries, not concussions. New research explains why 20% of athletes who exhibited the early stages of the progressive brain illness postmortem never had a diagnosed concussion. http://www.bu.edu/today/2018/cte-caused-by-head-injuries/ 6 comments nfl
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) results from head injuries, not concussions. New research explains why 20% of athletes who exhibited the early stages of the progressive brain illness postmortem never had a diagnosed concussion. http://www.bu.edu/today/2018/cte-caused-by-head-injuries/ 32 comments science
- Study finds that easier access to concealed firearms is associated with significantly higher rates of handgun-related homicide. This suggests that current trends towards more permissive concealed-carry laws are inconsistent with the promotion of public safety. https://www.bu.edu/sph/2017/10/19/permissive-concealed-carry-laws-linked-to-higher-homicide-rates/ 298 comments science
- Postdoc jobs in biomedicine don’t yield a positive return in the labor market, and these positions likely cost graduates roughly three years’ worth of salary in their first 15 years of their careers, finds a new study by Boston University and University of Kansas researchers. http://www.bu.edu/news/2017/01/10/study-finds-postdoc-jobs-in-biomedicine-dont-yield-positive-returns-in-the-labor-market/ 19 comments science
- How kids divvy candy reflects their culture’s values http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/learning-to-share/ 10 comments science
- New research on drinking and fertility shows that moderate alcohol consumption does not affect a woman’s ability to get pregnant, but higher amounts might. http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/drinking-and-fertility/ 4 comments science
- FDA Regulations on Vaping Products a Failure https://www.bu.edu/today/2016/fda-vaping-regulations/ 5 comments politics
- Researchers have found that prior studies of the link between obesity and mortality are flawed because they rely on one-time measures of body mass index (BMI) that obscure the health impacts of weight change over time. http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/obesitys-link-to-mortality-understated-in-prior-research/ 9 comments science
- Bertrand Russell on Critical Thinking https://www.bu.edu/wcp/papers/educ/educhare.htm 22 comments philosophy
- A team of scientists has created a new system for imaging and analyzing neurons on a much finer scale, one they hope will produce insights into everything from developing brains to devastating mental disorders. http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/a-new-way-to-study-the-brain/ 6 comments science
- What is Virtue Epistemology - Heather Battal, Syracuse University https://www.bu.edu/wcp/papers/valu/valubatt.htm 3 comments philosophy
- One question may gauge the severity of unhealthy drug and alcohol use http://www.bu.edu/sph/2014/01/13/bu-study-one-question-may-gauge-the-severity-of-unhealthy-drug-and-alcohol-use/ 7 comments science
- Bike Accident Toolkit: a free smartphone app that allows you to document incident with text and photos, take audio witness statements and call 911 if needed. http://www.bu.edu/bikesafety/cycling-safety/accident-toolkit/ 7 comments bicycling
- Doughnut-shaped laser light beams boosts 1 km of fiber bandwidths to 1.6 terabits per second or eight Blu-ray DVDs per second. http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall13/internet/ 5 comments science
- Doughnut-shaped laser light beams boosts 1 km of fiber bandwidths to 1.6 terabits per second or eight Blu-ray DVDs per second. http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall13/internet/ 64 comments technology
- Patent trolls "accrued $29 billion of direct costs in 2011. Moreover, although large firms accrued over half of direct costs, most of the defendants were small or medium-sized firms." http://www.bu.edu/law/faculty/scholarship/workingpapers/revcov.html 11 comments opensource
- Of Rats and Robots [xpost from CogSci. Maybe it will get more views here] http://www.bu.edu/today/node/12139 3 comments science
- How Did God Get Started? http://www.bu.edu/arion/archive/volume-18/colin_wells_how_did_god_get-started/ 4 comments history
- Bill Moyers delivers a fiery speech at Boston University memorializing Howard Zinn. In it he also offers up some incredible insight into the present state of the American political and economic environment. It is worth watching the full 2 hours. (crosspost from State of the Union) http://www.bu.edu/buniverse/view/?v=20zaw9po 12 comments politics
- What's your guess of how big Africa is compared to the United States or Europe? http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/images/covimg.gif 52 comments reddit.com