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The Shadow of the Past
From the buried bunker, Hitler’s ghost still haunts Berlin’s psyche, 70 years on
There are few surviving buildings or monuments to testify to the period in which Berlin was the Nazi capital, when it was to become Welthauptstadt Germania - an Albert Speer-designed world capital of a massively expanded German nation.
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The world reshaped
The end of the population pyramid
For all of history, humans have lived in societies dominated (in numbers at least) by children. By 2060 children will be barely more numerous than any other age group up to 65. And looking after parents and grandparents will be as big a, or a bigger, social requirement as bringing up children and grandchildren. ( Read more... ) -
The Internet and how Science is done
Let the light shine in
When researchers make all their data available on the Internet, anybody can look at it and confirm the results ... or not. This is a good thing. Just as well, since the Genie is out of the bottle now.
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The dismal science becomes even more dismal at Florida State University
Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions
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Headlines ....
.... from a Mathematically Literate World. E.g.
Our World: Market Rebounds after Assurances from Fed Chair
Mathematically Literate World: Market Rebounds after Regression to the Mean
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Some notes on Probability
Bayes ( Read more... )