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Blog archives for August, 2009


Archive for August, 2009

Do honeybees have AIDS?

The latest on honeybee “colony collapse disorder” (CCD) may be disappointing to some (it’s still not cell phones), but it is not really surprising (except perhaps to conspiracy theorists). So far, at least, there is still no evidence for a single culprit. The leading evidence up to this point suggested a virus, but [...]

The irrational roots of resistance to change

Continued from Part 1:
The tactic of shooting down change using the straw man that the new system being developed to improve upon the current system cannot achieve perfection is common to many situations, at many levels. When the University of Montana Western was making the decision to change the way it scheduled classes, there [...]