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Watch this TED talk from Angela Lee Duckworth!

Interesting read on how to learn faster. Don’t do the same thing over and over again! You need to “cross train”!! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215015146  

Totally an interesting watch.

The weeks before classes start is one of the most annoying times for professors. We get tons of emails, and most of them involve enrollment in classes. These are the top two questions: The semester hasn’t started. I tried to enroll in your class, but it’s full! Can I have an add code? I really need… Read More »

The next time a subway car or commuter train rolls into the station, try to sneak a quick peek at its large metal wheels. You’ll notice that instead of being perfect cylinders, they’re actually angled. It’s a deliberate and clever design choice that allows your train to roll around corners without flying off the tracks.… Read More »

Evidence that group learning is a fast way to learn things! Source: How the World’s Smartest People Learn Things Faster

An interesting read — note that they don’t mention what type of jobs (administrative? business?) but still awesome. Source: Silicon Valley companies like Apple (AAPL) hires the most alumni of these 10 universities, and none of them are in the Ivy League. — Quartz

It’s an interesting climate that we live in these days, where “alternative facts” seem to rule over all else. Where does this come from? One would think that scientific evidence is all a person would need to understand real truths. The situation can be a bit more complex than that, as many people selectively choose arguments… Read More »

All too often, we scientists and engineers feel that we must know everything, and if we don’t, we’re somehow lacking professionally. The truth is — and you can ask my parents if you need further verification — the smartest I ever felt was when I was in middle school. My world view was pretty limited, and what… Read More »

This research shows that all trees break at a critical wind speed. http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.023001