Explaining disconnect between women, video games

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U.S. Detains AP Photographer

A photojournalist's job was already very dangerous, but now they also have to worry about being unreasonably detained by our military. Grrr.

"The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing."

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On the Terrorism Detainee Bill

NPR:

"Detainee Legislation Driven by Court Decision

Host Liane Hansen speaks to Walter Dellinger about the reasons behind the debate over detainee legislation, specifically the June 2006 Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. Dellinger served as Assistant Attorney General and head of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Clinton administration."

Also tells you what's in the Terrorism Detainee Bill.

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Learning by Doing

(I just posted this to the Academy Caritas blog, but I figured that I'd share it here too.)

An awesome article by Seed magazine (my current favorite magazine!) about learning by doing. Apparently that's how we learn best. When we learn by doing, we retain the information we've learned much better than if it's presented to us in an abstract way.

How We Know: What do an algebra teacher, Toyota and a classical musician have in common?

UC Irvine Scientists Make Ants Go Ape by Giving Them B.O.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ants15sep15,1,465985.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california