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Words That Last

Posted by mitmads on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @06:57PM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/words-that-last/

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How to Learn (The lesson you never got taught in school)

Posted by mitmads on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @02:47PM
from the bigthink.com dept.

http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/assessing-the-evidence-for-the-one-thing-you-never-get-taught-in-school-how-to-learn

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The Dark Art of Pricing

Posted by mitmads on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @10:05AM
from the jessicahische.is dept.

http://jessicahische.is/thinkingthoughtsaboutpricing

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Coke Engineers Its Orange Juice—With an Algorithm

Posted by mitmads on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @09:57AM
from the businessweek.com dept.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-31/coke-engineers-its-orange-juice-with-an-algorithm

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The Language of Junk-Food Addiction

Posted by mitmads on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @09:14AM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/04/the-language-of-junk-food-addiction-how-to-read-a-potato-chip/275424/

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Big data mining and new hypotheses in mental health research

Posted by mitmads on Monday May 06, 2013 @10:58AM
from the epianalysis.wordpress.com dept.

http://epianalysis.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/dataminementalhealth/

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Solving the equation of a hit film script, with data

Posted by mitmads on Sunday May 05, 2013 @10:18PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/business/media/solving-equation-of-a-hit-film-script-with-data.html

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TED Teams Up With PBS On Ideas for Education

Posted by mitmads on Sunday May 05, 2013 @08:42PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/business/media/ted-partners-with-pbs-for-education-program.html

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Meet the Numbers Nerd Bringing Big Data to the Small Screen

Posted by mitmads on Sunday May 05, 2013 @07:29PM
from the adage.com dept.

http://adage.com/article/dataworks/meet-numbers-nerd-bringing-big-data-small-screen/241286/

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The Best Story About Mind

Posted by mitmads on Sunday May 05, 2013 @08:29AM
from the mitmads.com dept.

http://www.mitmads.com/post/49680930530/the-best-story-about-mind

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Preventing bipolar relapse with web therapy

Posted by mitmads on Saturday May 04, 2013 @08:46PM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22384552

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Re:Niall Ferguson and the improving standards of public discourse on Saturday May 04, 2013 @08:27PM (#5656900)

Niall Ferguson's response - http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22417231

Steve Case on risk taking,or lack thereof in business

Posted by mitmads on Saturday May 04, 2013 @01:25PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/business/steve-case-on-risk-taking-or-lack-thereof-in-business.html

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Niall Ferguson and the improving standards of public discourse

Posted by mitmads on Saturday May 04, 2013 @12:07PM
from the andrewgelman.com dept.

http://andrewgelman.com/2013/05/04/jesus-historian-niall-ferguson-and-the-improving-standards-of-public-discourse/

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