As my career winds down, and my daughters’ university teaching careers get started, I’ve asked myself how university education might look when they reach my age. I’m pretty sure it will look much different. I doubt the current “bricks and mortar” model will survive, except for the very wealthy students. Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: beating the winter blues (this is a blog I write for another site) “The sky is gray. The snow is gray. We’re stuck inside for days at a time. Even here in sunny California, I sometimes get the feeling winter will never end. Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: test your sense of size “Did this video mess with your mind? If you’re wondering whether it’s a camera trick, print off your own template of the illusion and try it yourself. It’s an old trick devised by American psychologist Joseph Jastrow.” want Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: why animals and humans have a handedness preference “When a Southpaw shakes hands, his left eye and the right portion of his brain are working hard to process the other individual, suggests a new study. The research helps to explain why hand and Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: video games are good for girls if their parents play along “Dads who still haven’t given up video games now have some justification to keep on playing — if they have a daughter.” we store memories selectively when we sleep “After a good Read more…