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How ‘superagers’ stay sharp in their later years
When it comes to retirement, experts recommend that everyone do some hard thinking. By this, they mean you should plan your finances responsibly, consider carefully where to live, and decide what colour beach chair to sit in all day as you sip strawberry daiquiris in the sun. But there’s another reason to think hard about […]
NBC News
Oculus Rift takes students, home-buyers on virtual tours
“One of the things we are always looking to do in admissions is create a personal connection with students,” Kurt Heissenbuttel, director of undergraduate admissions at Boston’s Northeastern University, told NBC News. Right now, most prospective students check out Northeastern’s virtual campus through its website. But Heissenbuttel expects more to access it through virtual reality […]
The Economic Times
Facebook dives deep into news with publisher deal
A recent Pew Research Center report found some 30 percent of Americans get at least some of their news from Facebook. But media groups have been struggling with the shift to digital from print, both in terms of delivering relevant articles to readers and in getting ad revenue from their online services. Some in the […]
Should the MBTA halt plans for expansion?
We have learned many things about our public transportation system this winter, none of them good. But perhaps the most important is this: We have no business rushing headlong into expanding a fragile network that breaks down when it’s too cold, too snowy or — as is often the case — for no particular reason […]
Unsexy but tech-forward industries offer hope to middle class
In the Brookings “advanced industries” rankings, Silicon Valley was far and away the leader. Usual tech suspects Seattle and Boston ranked highly, too; Boston, a solid eighth, might have placed higher had researchers factored in more of the health care sector into their calculations. Just as striking, though, is the prominence of unsung metro areas […]
WGBH
How ‘deflategate’ ranks among sports scandals
After four days of speculation about how far the New England Patriots would go to win Sunday’s AFC Championship game, quarterback Tom Brady responded to accusations that someone on the team deflated footballs to gain an advantage. A few hours earlier, coach Bill Belichick gave an uncharacteristically direct and detailed response to the controversy, denying any knowledge […]
Science and bad faith in Deflate-Gate scandal
In Scandal in Bohemia, Sherlock Holmes elucidated: “I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” If Holmes was talking about sports – he was not – it likely would have been about […]
The Christian Science Monitor
Will US work with Syria’s Assad as Islamic State makes gains?
US officials confirmed on Tuesday that the US has begun reconnaissance flights over Syria, suggesting the ground is being prepared for missile strikes once targets have been identified. Some analysts argue that not only must an air campaign be carried out in Syria but it should be conducted in cooperation with the Assad regime. “Not […]
Daily Finance
Measure your company’s way to success
Successfully starting and running a business is about many things: hard work, determination, innovation, human relationships and management. And numbers. You can’t manage what you can’t see. When it comes to business basics, processes and results, numbers count, literally and figuratively. However, you can waste a lot of time obsessing over things that don’t count. […]
Pacific Standard
Oysters might be able to protect us from rising seas
Those shucked oysters that slid down your throat the other night could have helped keep a flood at bay. There are scores of great things about oysters, aside from how they taste doused with hot sauce. Oyster colonies provide habitat for wildlife, filter muck out of waterways, stabilize and raise shorelines, and they can bear […]
Bloomberg Businessweek
Another shooting at Fort Hood: Four blunt points
Another mass shooting. Another mass shooting at Fort Hood in Killeen, Tex. An unstable Iraq veteran killed three people and wounded 16 before killing himself. Does the madness never cease? Why does it seem to be occurring more frequently? Four blunt points: 1. It’s not occurring more frequently. “Over the past 30 years, there has […]
CBS News
Lessons From The Dutch On Rising Pedestrian-Traffic Deaths
Since New Year’s Eve at least a half dozen pedestrians have been hit and killed by vehicles in the greater Bay Area. The Dutch have already dealt with this conundrum over the last few decades with changes that have been praised by transportation planners. KCBS interviewed an expert on the issue who said we could […]