2009-03-10

How crime has lost out to showbiz

The changing face of newspaper reporting.

(tags: UK culture journalism crime newspapers)
Fandom and RaceFail

Best post I've seen on the possible (hopeful) outcome of the whole thing.

(tags: fandom activism education race)
Points on a curve.

When do we give people second chances? How long do we wait to check whether they're still the same person? Is it always worth gambling on that change, or should we just give up and move on?

(tags: personality change forgiveness)
Why do teenagers sleep late?

Now researchers believe there could be biological reasons why those aged 10 to 20 need to sleep later and longer than the rest of us. About nine hours, to be exact. Tests by Professor Russell Foster, chairman of circadian neuroscience at Brasenose College, Oxford, suggest that students perform better in the afternoon, because their body clock is programmed about two hours later, possibly for hormonal reasons. (I'm clearly a teenager)

(tags: sleep teenagers)