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The Fight is the Reward
It was my senior year and I was pitching against the #3 team in the country, the College of Wooster. The first batter of the game was making my life difficult. He fouled off a pitch. Then another. And another. I threw a ball outside, hoping he would bite on it.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
31 amazing facial reconstructions, from Stone Age shamans to King Tut's father
People from the past have left behind a treasure trove of clues about their lives — from enormous monuments to fragments of personal items, as well as the bones of the people themselves. But the people who left these clues are often a mystery. Now, thanks to modern scientific techniques and technology, researchers can accurately reconstruct what those people actually looked like, helping to bring long-dead people from history back to life.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Earth
‘Great news.’ Survey will test counting LGBTQ Ph.D. recipients
Each year, thousands of newly minted U.S. Ph.D. recipients complete the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), providing information about their race, gender, disability status, educational background, postgraduate plans, and more. The long-running census is critical for understanding which groups are underrepresented in the U.S. science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) community. But it has a blind spot, many argue: It can’t say anything about how many Ph.D. recipients are LGBTQ. Starting in July, however, a pilot test will begin to address that issue by introducing new questions about sexual orientation and gender identity.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
Warren Buffett’s “20 Slot” Rule: How to Simplify Your Life and Maximize Your Results
Charlie Munger settled into his seat in front of the crowd at the University of Southern California. It was 1994 and Munger had spent the last 20 years working alongside Warren Buffett as the two men grew Berkshire Hathaway into a billion-dollar corporation.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
1st-century burial holds Roman doctor buried with medical tools, including 'top-quality' scalpels
Archaeologists in Hungary have unearthed a 2,000-year-old collection of medical tools, including forceps and scalpels. They think the tools belonged to a physician from the Roman Empire who had traveled beyond its frontiers to treat patients.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Humans
How to Optimize Your Daily Decisions
ou might assume that humans buy products because of what they are, but the truth is that we often buy things because of where they are. For example, items on store shelves that are at eye level tend to be purchased more than items on less visible shelves.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
How much U.S. forest is old growth? It depends who you ask
Last spring, President Joe Biden surprised forest scientists when he ordered the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to inventory their holdings of mature and old-growth forests by Earth Day 2023. The order triggered a scramble for the United States to, for the first time, formally define what constitutes “mature” and “old-growth” forests and to apply those definitions across millions of hectares of land.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Earth
