Friday, September 15, 2023

Regulating research and research misconduct

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  Peer review is a clunky process that often misfires, but it helps to keep up the quality of published research. Much the same can be said ...
Thursday, September 14, 2023

Congestion in peer review, and an experiment in Nature (the journal)

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 Too many papers, and not enough qualified reviewers willing or able to spend the time reviewing them.  And when a paper is reviewed, revise...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Gamete exchange

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  Here's a cheerful story of peer to peer assisted reproduction, from the Washington Post: Two couples couldn’t have babies, so they hel...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

New technologies and new controversies: using CRISPR to edit human genes

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 New technologies are often accompanied by new repugnancies, i.e. by controversies about their moral appropriateness. The future of using CR...
Monday, September 11, 2023

Talent wars in private equity: continued unraveling

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  The WSJ has the latest: Hectic Private-Equity Recruitment Process Leaves Firms Looking for Alternatives . July talent-grab leaves some fir...
Sunday, September 10, 2023

Nudges, shoves, regulations and designs: debate in Behavioral and Brain Sciences

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Do "nudges" provide low cost solutions to big economic problems? Are they crowding out more effective, but harder or more expensiv...
Saturday, September 9, 2023

Computer science award

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A computer scientist whose work I follow has won an award that reflects on both his teachers and students. Aaron Roth receives 2023 CyLab Di...
Friday, September 8, 2023

Signaling for Orthopaedic surgery residencies

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 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery reports a small survey about signaling behavior among applicants for orthopaedic surgery residencies...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Navigating NYC school choice: advice for families

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  Each year a new cohort of families has to navigate school choice in New York City.  The city offers lots of resources for gathering inform...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Same sex unions take a limited step forward in Hong Kong

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 The Washington Post has the story: Hong Kong court hands rare victory to advocates of same-sex unions , By Lily Kuo and Vic Chiang Septembe...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Repugnance watch: same sex weddings in Nigeria are illegal even for guests

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  The NYT has the story: Nigeria Arrests Dozens Over Same-Sex Wedding . A 2014 law makes such unions illegal in the country. Anyone found gu...
Monday, September 4, 2023

Covid medication: allocation, information, hesitancy, and uptake: what are some things we have learned?

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 I've posted before about how informational advertising  about vaccine availability and safety seems to have had a positive effect on va...
Sunday, September 3, 2023

Protest against political persecution of Prof Muhammad Yunus, and more general threats to democracy in Bangladesh

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  The Bangladesh Daily Star publishes an open letter, and the NY Times provides some general background. Here's the  open letter to Prim...