Sunday Windy Sunday

http://thephilosophicalsalon.com/why-trump-is-still-here/
From The Philosophical Salon, Why Trump Is Still Here.

http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/34369-why-i-choose-optimism-over-despair-an-interview-with-noam-chomsky From Truthout, an Interview with Noam Chomsky

http://chronicle.com/article/How-Right-Wing-Billionaires-/235286
From the Chronicle for Higher Education: How Right Wing Billionaires Infiltrated Higher Education

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/15/technology/creating-a-computer-voice-that-people-like.html
A NYT article by John Markoff about selecting a computer voice.

http://www.phillyvoice.com/70-years-ago-six-philly-women-eniac-digital-computer-programmers/
From the PhillyVoice an article about women who changed technology.

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/diabetes-drug-may-prevent-recurring-strokes
The results of the IRIS trial, funded by the NIH suggest that a diabetes drug may work to prevent strokes in people without diabetes but with insulin resistance.

http://jezebel.com/fathers-and-childless-women-in-academia-are-3x-more-lik-1758704068
Posted in the blog Jezebel: a report that fathers and childless women are more likely to get tenure in academia.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-species-prehistoric-flower-discovered-preserved-amber-180958156/ Reported in the Smithsonian a new species of prehistoric flower has been discovered preserved in amber. It may be a poisonous predecessor of the potato.

http://humanorigins.si.edu/exhibit/human-origins-traveling-exhibit
The Smithsonian Institution is publicizing its new exhibit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/16/the-remarkably-different-answers-men-and-women-give-when-asked-whos-the-smartest-in-the-class/ A Washington Post article about gender bias in the classroom.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/02/18/scientists-are-floored-by-whats-happening-in-the-arctic-right-now/  From the Washington Post an article about how scientists are trying to explain the high temperatures in January, the hottest on record.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45385/title/Breast-Milk-Sugars-Support-Infant-Gut-Health/ In a study from Cell, gut carbohydrates from growth-stunted infants were supplemented by breast-milk derived sugars and added to the diets of animal models of malnutrition as reported in The Scientist.







































https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/12/gravitational-waves-explained
A scientist explains gravitational waves from The Guardian