At Bug Girl’s Blog.
I have heard Bug Girl on panels at Convergence the last two years. Always informative and entertaining.
At Bug Girl’s Blog.
I have heard Bug Girl on panels at Convergence the last two years. Always informative and entertaining.
From a note at the end of _+3=5+7=_: it depends what ‘equals’ equals (An interesting post generally, BTW):
….a scary chain: Female first and second grade teachers who are anxious about math pass that anxiety along to their female students. More female students are likely to agree with the suggestion that boys are better than girls at math after being exposed to this anxiety, and the female students who did agree with this stereotype performed worse in math as the year went on. Great article and PNAS makes the full text publicly available.
From the abstract of that article:
We show that when the math-anxious individuals are female elementary school teachers, their math anxiety carries negative consequences for the math achievement of their female students. Early elementary school teachers in the United States are almost exclusively female (>90%), and we provide evidence that these female teachers’ anxieties relate to girls’ math achievement via girls’ beliefs about who is good at math.

From Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal via Skepchick.
Episcopal Café‘s Onion-style link to Pope’s book on Jesus ‘edited out’ women
Today is Ada Lovelace Day
In accordance with the Pledge, I would like to recognize the work of Margaret Geller . She and John Huchra discovered the Great Wall. This is one of the largest objects in the universe: Over 500 million light years long. That is 5,000 times the diameter of our entire galaxy.
My contribution last year is here.
From Universe Today:
Emily Lakdawalla from the Planetary Society uncovered an interesting tidbit about the Lunokhods which she generously passed on to me. After a little research, I found out more about an “extracurricular activity” the two Lunokhod rovers were commanded to do along their traverses on the lunar surface. They each created “memorials” to women on the Moon.
The “Rule of Thumb for Wife-Beating” Hoax
The Straight Dope
The Phrase Finder
Chowder, Gig, Pipsqueak, Mayhem, Nonplussed and The Real Rule of Thumb
No Uncertain Terms
Origin(s) of “Rule of Thumb”
European Men Profeminist Network
Apparently back in the 1700’s some judge said there was such a law, and the story has been freely passed on from then without being checked. In fact the ordinary innocuous usage is considerably older.
I am pleased that the phrase can be used again. “Heuristic” is just too geeky in most circumstances, even for me.
(Following up on a Facebook note by my old friend Sister Edith Bogue)
Self-Rescuing Princess kids T-shirt