In an ever changing world like ours, migration is a reality that every country has to face, one way or another. According to the International Organization for Migration (IMO), the total number of international migrants has increased over the last 10 years from about 150 million in 2000 to 214 million today, which means that… Read more »
2With the somewhat provocative (and relatively depressing) title “Doctoral degrees: The disposable academic” , the Economist addresses an issue that will probably touch a few cords- albeit for different reasons. In a nutshell, Academia is presented as a factory that produces PhD holders at a rate that it cannot (or does not want) to reasbsorb. … Read more »
One of the most controversial health-related subjects of the last 15 years has been the alleged connection between the MMR vaccine and autism. It all started back in 1998, when Dr. Andrew Wakefield published a study linking autism with MMR in the Lancet. The results of this study have not been successfully replicated and many… Read more »
7An anthropologist, an epidemiologist and a statistician are riding a train to Edinburgh. As the train goes into Scotland they see a flock of sheep out the window. One sheep is not white, at which point the anthropologist says: “Look! they have black sheep in Scotland”. The epidemiologist corrects him: “all you can say for… Read more »
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