Harvard course on building iPhone/Android apps

How about a strengths and weakness of Intelligent Design? It allows small minded idiots to continue to ignore science (strength) and is complete bullshit (weakness).

That's one in eight. Unbelievable.

I've always assumed that, at best, these things were just a waste of money. Now it turns out that American hero Julie Aigner-Clark got rich making your kids dumb.

Pretty interesting concept and business model

My alma mater, staying on top of the new media game

I had a hard enough time going to class when I was actually in school, so maybe this won't be as cool as I want to think it is...

Yet another reason why the internet was invented -- to mock high school students (thanks, Resh!)

And the kids teach themselves how to use it

Effing briliant

"Iran's hard-line president urged students Tuesday to push for a purge of liberal and secular university teachers" Brilliant. Sounds kinda like this would fit right in with your local chapter of the College Republican National Committee

War is truly God's way of teaching Americans about geography

Barbara Bush gave money to Katrina relief on the condition that it be used only to buy software from her son's company, Ignite Software

"Sharply decreases funding for supporting the arts, vocational education, parent resource centers and drug-free schools, and instead puts a heavy emphasis on keeping the country strong militarily. It maps out a way to make first-term tax cuts permanent at

Sanity is slowly creeping back in

Teachers should get more free stuff

No. Way.

IBM says you can use their IP if you're a healthcare org or a school. Awesome.

With just three easy lessons, you can become the next Yahoo or Google!

This looks amazing - the design is really well thought out

Paul Graham tells you how to convert your smarts to actual money

Put this on a static sticker, I'd buy one in a heartbeat

The New York Times takes a look at the Discovery Institute

This is an oldie - linking here because the original SciAm article has gone behind a pay-for firewall

Truth be told, this paradox crops up in more arenas than just religion

"They strongly support the war, they told me, but they also want to enjoy college life and pursue interesting careers. Being a College Republican allows them to do both. It is warfare by other, much safer means."

Good to see them hitting back against the ID idiots

Because I can never seem to find this when I use MSNBC's craptacular search engine

Bill Nye is back, for grownups

"Scientists rejected supernatural explanations for life in the 1800's, and still do today."

No standardized test left behind