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Archive for September 2008
Ben Bernanke: Calm Leader Or Timid Intellectual? (NPR)
September 30th, 2008
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a huge task weighing on his shoulders. His supporters praise his calm demeaner, while critics say he’s been too slow to act. Is he the right man for the job? We examine the mind, personality and resume of this Depression-obsessed economist.
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Unlocking The Inner-Savant In All Of Us (Medical News Today)
September 30th, 2008
We are all capable of the extraordinary savant skills displayed by people with autism according to Professor Allan Snyder, speaking at the Royal Society today. Snyder argues that it is our inbuilt expectations of the world that stop us from using them.
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National Science Foundation Awards UA Researchers $7M Grant to Lead Alliance (Arkansas Business)
September 30th, 2008
The National Science Foundation announced Monday that it has awarded University of Arkansas researchers a five-year, $7 million grant to create alliances between K-12 teachers and university faculty in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.
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School notes (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
September 30th, 2008
Abington Heights Tyler Kusma, a fourth-grader at South Abington Elementary School, has an idea about his life’s work.
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