https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/science-says-being-generous-thoughtful-and-kind-is-a-sign-of-high-intelligence-organizational-psychologist-adam-grant-agrees/90985740?leadId=124420

"Generosity isn’t just a sign of virtue. It’s also a mark of intelligence" -- I wonder how much the converse is true, that selfish stingy-ness is a sign of stupidity...

Hurricane after hurricane, and yet we still have unthoughtful climate change deniers more interested in achieving selfish short term financial gains at the expense of everyone else.

Have to say, I'm particularly pleased and excited by the Nobels awarded to date, all well deserved -- yay today for D. Baker and the AlphaFold leaders. Physics and Chemistry prize reveals the growing impact of machine learning on our craft of science...

https://apnews.com/article/nobel-prize-physics-fc0567de3f2ca45f81a7359a017cd542

Well-deserved for both, with a good message: “My message to young researchers is, don’t be put off if everyone tells you what are doing is silly”--G. Hinton. Hopfield, a titan in the field, was also a @swarthmore alum...

How Two Billionaire Preachers Remade Texas Politics https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/magazine/texas-politics-billionaire-preachers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE4.DhaE.CJDm-E3ECewF

The 5 newest US national parks: Where they are & when to visit https://www.thestreet.com/travel/newest-national-parks-where-they-are-when-to-visit

Cellular location shapes quaternary structure of enzymes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52662-2

Underrepresented minority faculty in the USA face a double standard in promotion and tenure decisions