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A historical course enrollment visualizer

If you’ve ever wondered: What has the enrollment in the introductory “Physics with calculus” (PHYS 251) course at the University of Oregon (UO) been over the past 30 years? What about Business Administration 101? You’re now in luck,...


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Online courses, supply and demand, and academic integrity
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Space mirrors, solar panels, fools, and their money
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Some Like it Hot: Plant Edition

There are basic facts about the living world that we learn when very young. One is that mammals and birds are warm-blooded. More technically, mammals and birds fall into the category of endotherms, organisms that use internally-g...


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The Year in Books, 2025, in which I learned about work

Once again, highlights of the books I read in the past year, including a tale told by a beech marten, memoirs by people much older than me, and a recurring theme of work. (Previous years:


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