Equal-Pay Day

Equal-Pay Day

Today, 12 April 2011, is “Equal-Pay Day” in the U.S. If you took the median-salary American man and the median-salary woman, and started paying them both on the first of 2010, today is the day when…
The Wandering Code: The CDC Explains

The Wandering Code: The CDC Explains

On March 14, I became aware of the CDC’s consideration of adding a wandering code to the ICD-9-CM in relation to autism and other developmental disabilities. ASAN, an organization created and headed…
The Cost Of No Science

The Cost Of No Science

How much does science cost-- and how much does it cost to turn science off?  I know science can be done cheaply.  After all, you're listening to a guy who is building a satellite in his…
Squid Jiggin' Music

Squid Jiggin' Music

I've just come across a fabulous tune from Newfoundland that captures perfectly the chaos of jigging (fishing with special lures) for squid: Holy smoke! What a scuffle! All hands are excited. 'Tis a…
Resource Nationalism In Africa

Resource Nationalism In Africa

LONDON, April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At The Times' Africa CEO Summit on Tuesday 22 March 2011, Brian Menell, Chairman of Kemet Global Ltd., presented to the Natural Resources Session his views on…
RMS Titanic - Lessons From History

RMS Titanic - Lessons From History

RMS Titanic - Lessons From History Titanic 100 Festival Belfast's most famous creation, Titanic, will be commemorated in an extended annual festival from 31 March - 31 May 2011, which will include…