Scientists fail every day. Failure is an essential and inescapable part of scientific research. It’s baked right into the scientific method: observe, measure, hypothesize, and then test. Of course, that hypothesis is often wrong. When it is, scientists go back, observe more, get new measurements, come up with a new hypothesis, and test again. And again. Despite this, … [Read more...] about Scientists Need to Talk More About Failure
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Lionel Shriver: We Need To Talk About Kevin author talks Belfast, Brexit and identity politics
LIONEL Shriver is pondering her particular brand of humour and agrees that sometimes people take it "out of context", leading her into yet another media storm about something she said or didn't say quite the right way to appease and please the masses. But, if you are intending to go hear her caustic, straight-talking, often tongue-in-cheek opinions at the upcoming Imagine … [Read more...] about Lionel Shriver: We Need To Talk About Kevin author talks Belfast, Brexit and identity politics
‘Securing rights of Britons in Europe is legally possible, they just need to try’
Since June 24th 2016, British citizens in the EU have anxiously awaited news of how their future status in their host countries could change with the UK’s departure from the bloc. Last week’s so-called Costa Amendment offered renewed hope after nearly 1,000 days in limbo. The amendment, passed by the British parliament, calls for Theresa May’s government to … [Read more...] about ‘Securing rights of Britons in Europe is legally possible, they just need to try’
Sarah Brightman: Everything has been quite challenging – I just needed to sing
THREE years after pulling out of her planned trip to the International Space Station, Sarah Brightman still hopes to go into space one day.The British soprano raised more than a few eyebrows in 2012 when she unveiled her plan to make the intergalactic excursion and she underwent extensive training at a top facility just outside Moscow.She was due to blast off in a Russian Soyuz … [Read more...] about Sarah Brightman: Everything has been quite challenging – I just needed to sing
Wage gains of 3 percent taking hold as US employers ‘need to pay up’
Katia Dmitrieva and Lydia Mulvany, Bloomberg Published 8:55 am PST, Tuesday, November 6, 2018 An employee assembles the transmission for a Case IH Magnum tractor at the CNH Global NV facility in Racine, Wis., on Nov. 28, 2011. An employee assembles the transmission for a Case IH Magnum tractor at the CNH Global NV facility in Racine, Wis., on Nov. 28, 2011. … [Read more...] about Wage gains of 3 percent taking hold as US employers ‘need to pay up’