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When It Comes to Reading, Does Quality Beat Quantity?0
- Literature
- July 12, 2017
At this cultural moment, a question like quality-over-quantity may seem an inane one to ask. We live in a society, after all, where schools dumb down their English curricula, where one in five rising freshmen enter college as ‘book virgins’, and (with apologies to Norman Juster) where those same students swim for years in the
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I’ve studied Larsen C and its giant iceberg for years – it’s not a simple story of climate change 0
- Culture
- July 12, 2017
One of the largest icebergs ever recorded has just broken away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Over the past few years I’ve led a team that has been studying this ice shelf and monitoring change. We spent many weeks camped on the ice investigating melt ponds and their impact – and struggling
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How Facebook and Netflix Are Disrupting the Education Status Quo 0
- Culture
- July 12, 2017
Despite cries against the “corporatization of public schools,” the reality is that the private sector is injecting public education with much-needed innovation. Stuck in a 19th century factory model, mass schooling needs a 21st century makeover. Today’s tech giants are just the ones to usher public education into modernity. Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg,
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This 40-Year-Old Statement about Evergreen College May Explain the Campus’ Current Upheaval 0
- Culture
- July 12, 2017
By now most of us have heard the name of The Evergreen State College. And by now, many of us are likely sick of it as well. The small state college was launched to national prominence early in 2017 when students protested statements made by Bret Weinstein, a liberal biology professor. Weinstein’s sin occurred when
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Pornography Facts: 20 that will shock you 1
- Culture
- July 12, 2017
1. A 2014 study by the Max Planck Institute found that men who frequently view pornography have decreased brain cells, specifically in the right caudate of the brain, making their brains smaller on average than those of men who do not view pornography. 2. According to the Huffington Post, 30 percent of the material streamed
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Charlie Gard’s Parents Have the Right to Try New Treatment 0
- Culture
- July 11, 2017
A central issue in the controversy over withdrawal of treatment from British baby Charlie Gard is that of parental rights. Whether to continue life support for 11-month-old Charlie while his parents pursue alternative treatment in the US (or, since a recent offer, Italy) or not, is a question already decided in the negative by the
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When It Comes to Reading, Does Quality Beat Quantity?0