April 2016 - Page 2 of 2

11 Apr

“How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell”

“An hour’s drive from Wichita, Kansas, in a little town called Potwin, there is a 360-acre piece of land with a very big problem. The plot has been owned by the Vogelman family for more than a hundred years, though the current owner, Joyce Taylor née Vogelman, 82, now rents it out.”

Read: How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell

09 Apr

“The Largest Ever Analysis of Film Dialogue by Gender: 2,000 scripts, 25,000 actors, 4 million lines”

“*Domestic gross over $45M, inflation-adjusted. Using IMDB box office, 2,500 have hit this threshold. In January 2016, researchers reported that men speak more often than women in Disney’s princess films. We validated this claim and doubled the sample size to 30 Disney films, including Pixar.”

Read: The Largest Ever Analysis of Film Dialogue by Gender: 2,000 scripts, 25,000 actors, 4 million lines

05 Apr

“Racial bias makes for bad doctors”

“Breaking your leg is objectively painful. But the treatment you get from your doctor can often depend on whether you’re black or white.”

Read: Racial bias makes for bad doctors

03 Apr

“What I Learned From Kristi Yamaguchi”

“The first time I saw her she wasn’t even skating.”

Read: What I Learned From Kristi Yamaguchi

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Monthly Archives: April 2016

“How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell”

“The Largest Ever Analysis of Film Dialogue by Gender: 2,000 scripts, 25,000 actors, 4 million lines”

“Racial bias makes for bad doctors”

“What I Learned From Kristi Yamaguchi”