Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Question for Daniel Pink?

Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) is going to do an interview with Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New Mind. I’m part of a group that PDK has invited to submit a question or two for the interview.

If you’ve got a great question that I should submit for consideration, post it below as a comment!

How to spot an investment bubble before it’s too late

Between the instability of the real estate market and cryptocurrency fluctuations, everyone has been talking about bubbles. But what are they, really?

Starts With A Bang

Ancient killer asteroid created a megatsunami on Mars

Compared to Earth, Mars is small, cold, dry, and lifeless. But 3.4 billion years ago, a killer asteroid caused a Martian megatsunami.

High Culture

How the bizarre novel “Tristram Shandy” became an 18th century meme

“Tristram Shandy” trolled its way to fame.

The Learning Curve

3 rules to express your thoughts so that everyone will understand you

Actor and science communicator Alan Alda shares his three rules of three for effective and empathic communication.

Health

People don’t mate randomly, and this matters for genetic disease studies

Virtually all the statistical methods researchers commonly use assume potential mating partners decide who they will have children with based on a roll of the dice.

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