11/03/07 Links of the Fortnight… ish
1. The Myth of Mars and Venus. Debunking myths about differences in language use by men and women.
2. The Secret of Intangible Wealth
A Mexican migrant to the U.S. is five times more productive than one who stays home. Why is that? The answer is not the obvious one: This country has more machinery or tools or natural resources. Instead, according to some remarkable but largely ignored research—by the World Bank, of all places—it is because the average American has access to over $418,000 in intangible wealth, while the stay-at-home Mexican’s intangible wealth is just $34,000.
3. TheOnion as Model Newspaper?
Are there any other newspapers that can boast a 60 percent increase in their print circulation during the last three years? … But type “best practices for newspapers” into Google, and The Onion is nowhere to be found. Maybe it should be. At a time when traditional newspapers are frantic to divest themselves of their newsy, papery legacies, The Onion takes a surprisingly conservative approach to innovation. As much as it has used and benefited from the Web, it owes much of its success to low-tech attributes readily available to any paper but nonetheless in short supply: candor, irreverence, and a willingness to offend.
4. Menstral Blood as New Source of Stem Cells? A new wrinkle in the stem cell debate…
5. China Cop Uses Google Earth to Arrest a Human Trafficker. Cool story…
