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But the school bell has a different, more complicated history than the "factory model" story. From Audrey Watters (whose work, including at Hack Education, is pure awesomeness): "Listen up. The school bell is not a technology adopted to train students to become factory workers, ok? Or alternately, keep it up, and I'll just keep writing these essays about the history of school technologies and screaming into the void." [more inside]
posted by spamandkimchi at 12:02 PM PST - 42 comments

Forensic Bitemark Analysis Not Supported by Sufficient Data, NIST Draft Review Finds. "The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has reviewed the scientific foundations of bitemark analysis, a forensic technique in which marks on the skin of a biting victim are compared with the teeth of a suspected biter."
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Single link (warning: long video with transcript): Corporate Influence on Inflation [more inside]
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"These images, supplied to us by the MYA Network... show what tissue in the first nine weeks of pregnancy actually looks like."
posted by clawsoon at 6:39 AM PST - 31 comments

What it says on the tin.
posted by humbug at 6:16 AM PST - 366 comments