Why Academics’ Writing Stinks

Via Arts and Letters Daily and The Chronicle of Higher Education: Why should a profession that trades in words and dedicates itself to the transmission of knowledge so often turn out prose that is turgid, soggy, wooden, bloated, clumsy, obscure, unpleasant to read,...

Why I Stopped Hating Christian Music

Via Christianity Today: Why I Stopped Hating Christian Music | Third Culture | A Blog by Peter Chin.Key statement: “I realized something that made me have a lot more respect and compassion for people who are in the Christian music industry: they are in a...

Why I Stopped Hating Christian Music

Via Christianity Today: Why I Stopped Hating Christian Music | Third Culture | A Blog by Peter Chin.Key statement: “I realized something that made me have a lot more respect and compassion for people who are in the Christian music industry: they are in a...

Making the lame walk

Via Instapundit: With Spinal Implant, Paralyzed Rats Can Walk Again | MIT Technology Review.Key statement: “…the first closed-loop control system that can really adjust leg movements in real time, despite paralysis.”

Making the lame walk

Via Instapundit: With Spinal Implant, Paralyzed Rats Can Walk Again | MIT Technology Review.Key statement: “…the first closed-loop control system that can really adjust leg movements in real time, despite paralysis.”

Multi-tasking makes your brain smaller

Found on Drudge: Multi-tasking makes your brain smaller: Grey matter shrinks if we do too much  | Daily Mail Online. On the flip side, this: “training – such as learning to juggle or taxi drivers learning the map of London – can increase...